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Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has granted leave to two architects to file contempt proceedings against the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and two others for allegedly disobeying court order. Fashola, Architects Registration ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State has sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ugonna Ozuruigbo as House of Representatives member-elect for Nkwerre/Njaba/Isu/Nwangele Federal Constituency of the state. In suit marked FHC/OW/CS/25/2019 between Harrison Nwadike (plaintiff) and APC, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu and Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin to immediately investigate the killings in Katsina and report to him. The President, who gave the directive when he ...

Not less than 3,515 inmates at Mbawa Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Guma Council of Benue State are crying of hunger, diseases and lack of accommodation amid heavy downpour. Our correspondent, who visited the Mbawa camp, disclosed that one ...

No fewer than 70 prominent indigenes of Kano State and 22 civil society organisations (CSOs) have charged newly appointed emirs to resign their appointments in the interest of peace and tranquility in Kano. Besides, the concerned individuals and groups have ...

No fewer than 20 persons were yesterday feared dead following a renewed cult attack at Kono-Boue settlement in Khana Local Council of Rivers State. A source said that an unspecified number of armed cultists, suspected to be members of Iceland ...

The outgoing chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kashim Shettima, in Kaduna hinted of moves by the body to reconcile his Kano counterpart, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. Responding to media reports that quoted him to ...

Unknown gunmen have abducted five oil workers in Akuku-Toru Council of Rivers State. It was learnt that the victims were working within the OML-55 operational area of an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil Producing Limited (BPL), when the bandits struck and ...

Unidentified gunmen have killed no fewer than seven persons in attacks on Wukari and Donga council areas of Taraba State. The Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, David Misal, said the incidents took place in the early hours ...

Penultimate week, men of the Isheri-Oshun Police Division in Lagos through a rapid response approach rescued one Oguntuyi Oluwatosin of No. 3 Alonge Street off Lafunke, Ijegun from hoodlums attacking people at Ijegun road in Alimosho Local Government Area Lagos ...