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The Supreme Court has ordered that Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, should be returned to prison custody preparatory to the resumption of his trial in relation to a \$1,043,000 fraud case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A five-member panel of the apex court issued the order in a unanimous judgment […]

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media Affairs, Tunde Rahman, has urged opposition parties to get their acts together and behave like the opposition. This was as he slammed politicians of the “sinking” Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are “crying foul, alleging there is a drift towards one-partism.” In a statement on Friday, […]

The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said the Dangote refinery is not competing with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. According to a statement released by the NNPC spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, on Friday, Dangote stated this yesterday when he visited the new Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Bayo Ojulari, […]

The Vatican had announced that Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated on Sunday, May 18, 2925, in St Peter’s Square. World leaders will gather for the event which will be held 10 days after the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the first United States head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. The Vatican said […]

Operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have arrested a suspect for allegedly producing fake popular alcoholic beverages in Lagos State. The agency disclosed that it confiscated the counterfeit products, which were valued at about N114 million. NAFDAC, in a statement on its X page on Thursday, disclosed that […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has described the retired Appeal Court Justice Jimi Olukayode Bada as a pride to the state and an exemplary gift to the legal profession and Nigeria. He showered accolades at the valedictory of one of the nation’s best legal minds as he pulled out meritoriously from the Lagos Division of […]

Marketers have argued that Nigeria cannot ban fuel importation now, saying the country’s refining capacity is still low. The marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria said any ban on fuel importation now could trigger scarcity and a hike in […]

Before his election on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and the 267th Bishop of Rome, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. The first Augustinian Pope, he is the second Roman Pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the Americas. Unlike Jorge Mario Bergoglio, however, the 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost is […]

This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) Agency Report Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first […]