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Justice John Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has awarded N5m damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for wrongfully parading a photographer, Nasiru Saidu-Ali, popularly known as Kozzo, as a…

The Defence Headquarters says troops neutralised no fewer than 2,352 terrorists, apprehended 2,308 and rescued 1,241 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide between January and March. The Director of Defence…

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, 3 April 2024, signed into law the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2024. The Act is of historic proportions as it seeks to guarantee…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has warned the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government not to allow state governments that are currently struggling to pay N30,000 minimum wage to their workers to create state…

Eniola Ajao’s debut cinema production, ‘Ajakaju (Beast of Two Worlds)’, grossed N101.2 million within five days of its release. FilmOne Entertainment disclosed this on Thursday via its Instagram handle, @filmoneng. The…

The police on Thursday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Adejuwon Salami, in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting police officers. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of…

A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, presided by Emmanuel Iyanna has summoned five social media users for “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo; and her husband, Blessed Uzochikwa.…

Bandits who kidnapped about 61 Kaduna villagers at Budah village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State three weeks ago have killed five of the victims.  Fifty-one other victims were released on Tuesday by their…

The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies led by the Russian Federation has decided to keep oil production quota unchanged until its next…

One of the escorts attached to an Abuja-bound train lost his life during a trip, on Thursday morning. A passenger, who witnessed the incident, said when the train left Kaduna, there was no sign that the deceased was unwell.…

The Kano State Government has imposed a ban on films that depict hoodlums and cross-dressing, following concerns raised by the public about certain films promoting deviant behaviour among youths in the state. The…

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has apologised to its customers over the wrongful billing of the new tariff rate. The firm attributed the development to a system glitch. This was disclosed in a tweet via the…

My name is Yuki Gambaryan, and I am pleading with you from the bottom of my heart as Tigran Gambaryan’s wife to please allow my innocent husband to come home. Tigran is, first and foremost, an incredible father, loving…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has alleged that the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is plotting to procure interim orders to declare the state House of Assembly illegal. Also, the state’s…

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, has arrived the federal high court in Abuja for arraignment over allegations of money laundering. On February 28, Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla,…

Crack detectives attached to the Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Police Command headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested a Ghanaian chauffeur, Kwesi Samuel and two accomplices for allegedly conniving with others to kidnap the…

The Nigerian Peace and Development Advocates (NPDA), yesterday, described the killing of 17 soldiers in Delta State by gunmen as an act of treason, aimed at intimidating and embarrassing the administration of President…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, approved an increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. The Vice Chairman, NERC, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and some civil society organisations (CSOs) have kicked against the new hike in electricity tariff in the country. Those who spoke to Daily Trust yesterday said all the reasons given…

Nigerian Breweries Plc plans to raise up to N600 billion through a rights issue to address challenges posed by the Naira devaluation and high borrowing costs. Uaboi Agbebaku, the company’s secretary, disclosed this in…

The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has suspended its planned strike which was to begin on Thursday. In a statement by the association’s General Secretary, Okonu…

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has bemoaned the hike in electricity tariff in the country. National President of the association, Etim Okon, said this while reacting to the new increase in tariff with…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested popular social crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky. Sources at the EFCC who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not…

The Labour Party crisis escalated on Wednesday with an alleged arson attack on the Abuja residence of its National Chairman, Julius Abure, by unidentified assailants. National Publicity Secretary of the party,…