Notable Nigerians including President Bola Tinubu, some former presidents led by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, serving and former governors and other leaders in the Christendom are amongst eminent citizens and world leaders expected at the burial of the late prelate emeritus of the Methodist Church of Nigeria (MCN), Sunday Mbang.The family
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Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has cleared 11 Filipinos of the allegation of unlawful importation of 13.65 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria brought against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).Justice Oweibo set the foreigners free after upholding their no-case-submission application, in which
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The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has attributed the rise in petrol pump prices in Nigeria to market forces.This follows a recent price increase from N540 to N617 per litre, which he said reflects the dynamics of a market-regulated pricing model.Addressing journalists
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disowned a police lawyer, Ibrahim Mohammed, who filed criminal charges against former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah.The anti-graft agency told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday that Mohammed was not authorised to file the charges against Oduah.EFCC’s counsel,
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The State Security Service (SSS), on Tuesday, came under heavy public criticism for using its official Twitter page to insult Maxwell Okpara, a lawyer, for defending embattled former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele.The secret police tweeted on Tuesday: . “Charge and bail, overzealous uninformed IPOB/ESN lawyer Maxwell Okpara mobilises other like-minded
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday declined to extend its July 10 interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari
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Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, held that Mr Ahmed Usman Ododo can lawfully continue to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State.Justice Egwuatu made the decision while delivering judgment in a suit seeking
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President Bola Tinubu has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that his Guinean citizenship expired in 2020, the same year when his Guinean passport, being brought up by the opposition, expired.Tinubu’s claim was made through his lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) while requesting that the tribunal throw out a petition
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National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has so far transported 31, 533 Nigerian pilgrims back home out of 75, 000 that performed 2023 hajj in Saudi Arabia through the Commission and states pilgrims’ welfare boards.A total of 95, 000 Nigerians performed this year's Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi
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It was relatively a beehive of activities as the governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, toured various parts of the state capital on Monday to monitor compliance with the ban on the illegal sit-at-home declared by some non-state actors.This was even as Enugu traders and residents told the governor
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