The Police in Niger on Monday confirmed the repel of attack by bandits on Malfa village in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. “Personnel of `Operation Puff Adder’ were strategically stationed […]

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Governor Aminu Tambuwal in the Sokoto State governorship election. In its ruling on Monday, the apex court dismissed an appeal filed by All Progressive Congress and its candidate Ahmed Aliyu challenging Tambuwal’s victory. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the apex court dismissed the […]

Nigeria Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. The judgment by a five-member panel led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta dismissed the appeal by Abba Kabiru-Yusuf challenging the election of Ganduje in the March 9, 2019 governorship election. A Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna had initially ruled that the […]

We are joined by a Legal Practitioner; Tony Daniel on the morning show as we examine asset declaration in Nigeria.

We are joined by a Political Analyst, Nnamdi Abana, as we take a look at the judgement of the Supreme Court & the reactions as Hope Uzodinma is declared winner.

Adamawa State is set to designate a court to handle rape and other sexual offence cases, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Afraimu Jingi, has said. Jingi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Yola on Friday that the move became necessary following the government’s concern about the rising incidences of rape […]

An Abuja High Court sitting in the Bwari area on Friday sacked Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the reconstitution of the Task Force on farmers in the government’s forest reserves in the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Bolu Ajijo. According to […]

A unidentified man has been trapped under the rubble of an uncompleted three-storey building, which collapsed at 12 Alasepe Street, off Community Road, Ago Palace Way, Okota in Lagos State. “An adult male is presently trapped under the rubble and we have commenced a rescue operation,” the director-general, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says Nigeria is not yet ready for the implementation of the ECOWAS Single Currency, “Eco,” in 2020. Onyeama, who made this known on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with Journalists, explained that Nigeria’s position on the single currency was agreed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) […]

As mobile banking security takes on new forms of authentication technology, a report by Juniper Research found that facial recognition will likely become the fastest-growing use of bio metric hardware on smartphones. The report indicated that facial recognition will reach more than 800 million mobiles by the year 2024, up from an estimated 96 million […]

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Thursday approved the payment of a monthly minimum wage of N30,000 to workers in the state’s Public Service. The approval was contained in a Special Announcement by Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications It stated: “His Excellency, Nyesom Wike, has graciously approved the payment of […]