Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Says journalists free to cover all court proceedings Justice Adeyemi Fasanmi of the Ondo State High Court on Thursday, rejected a prayer by a lawyer, Steve Adebowale, to bar journalists from covering the trial of two government officials who allegedly stole a baby delivered by a mentally challenged woman, Deborah Iretioluwa Olorundare. The two staffers […]

The Nigeria Police Force, on Thursday, paraded 14 suspects, including a self-confessed fake police officer, a lawyer, an Islamic cleric, and a journalist for alleged involvement in the October 29 raid on the Maitama, Abuja, residence of a judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili. The force said the men who stormed the residence […]

There are indications that the leaders of self-determination groups, Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, of the Yoruba Nation, are ready for discussions with the Federal Government. Counsel for the Yoruba Nation and IPOB leaders, Yomi Aliyu, SAN, and Alloy Ejimakor, disclosed this in separate interviews on […]

Cubana and Kyari at the funeral A heavily armed group, identified as “The Angry Vipers”, has threatened to attack Anambra-born businessman and socialite, Obi Cubana, due to the presence of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, at his mother’s burial. The burial, which held at Oba, Anambra State in July 2021, was a lavish display […]

Nigeria has lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Libya as its crude oil production fell further last month amid lingering supply disruptions, according to a new report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Nigeria told OPEC that its oil output fell to about 1.23 million barrels per day in October from […]

A former Edo Governor Lucky Igbinedion was yesterday grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal diversion of public funds of about N1.6billion. According to a source, the former governor arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja around 2pm and was still being quizzed as of the […]

Residents of Mmiata community in Anambra West Local Government of Anambra State have cried out over alleged incessant attack on their Ebenebe farm and the entire community by suspected herdsmen. They said the incident had forced them to desert the community. Addressing reporters yesterday in Onitsha, a youth leader, Obinna Chigbata, said the attack began […]