A Nigerian woman, Joy Jeff, who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday. The 48-year-old was one of the few women on Italy’s most-wanted list,…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, has granted leave to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the 2023 presidential election. On Tuesday, Mr Tinubu approached the Court of Appeal, seeking leave to obtain the election…
Checks at some banks in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that customers thronged banks to collect the notes while some rejected them. Ifeanyi Udenna, a customer who collected the old N1,000 notes from First Bank, said he accepted them because they were issued to him by a commercial bank, People Gazette reports. ”Although we have not…
Despite missing out on the FIBA World Cup, Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, retained their position as the number one team on the continent and 19th in the world in the latest FIBA World rankings. At the recently concluded window of the African qualifiers for the World Cup in Luanda, D’Tigers won two games, defeating…
Naira on Monday exchanged at N461.33 to a dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The rate represented an increase of 0.09 per cent, compared to the N461.75 for which it exchanged to the dollar before the close of business on Friday. The open indicative rate closed at N461.50 to the dollar on Monday. An…
Few days to Saturday’s election, the Ebonyi State Police Command has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Bernard Odoh, wanted in connection with the murder of the traditional ruler of Omege Umuezokoha in Ezza North local government area, Ezeogo Igboke Ewa. Others wanted by the police over the incident…
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tuesday pardoned 12 inmates on death row and also commuted the death sentences of 6 inmates to life imprisonment. The spokesperson, Kano State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, SC Musbahu Lawan K/ Nassarawa who confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in the state, said…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has visited Mrs. Jennifer Efidi, the woman in a viral video who was attacked by political thugs while queuing to vote at her polling unit in Surulere, Lagos. Efidi became a viral sensation during the presidential election last week after she defied all odds to cast…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, on Tuesday held a closed door meeting with some governors and the party’s candidates for governorship and State Assemblies. The political roundtable, which was held at the APC National Secretariat, also had members of the National Working Committee in attendance. The development is coming…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the mandate of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the just concluded polls. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, almost two million votes more than his closest rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples…
