The suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris is to be arraigned on Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Idris was arrested in Kano in May, after failing to respond to invitations by the EFCC to answer questions over allegation of N80 billion fraud. Two days his arrest, he was suspended…
Sixteen people have died while four others were seriously injured in a fatal motor accident along Kano- Zaria highway. The accident was said to have occurred on Sunday at about 11:30am. The passenger bus, which took off from Kano, was heading to Markudi, Benue state, when it crashed at Taban Sani Junction, Tashar Yari, along…
The Niger state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has said that the number of pupils and students abducted from the St Mary Private Primary and Secondary schools has risen to 303. The abduction occurred in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, where gunmen stormed the St Mary’s Catholic School in the early hours…
One of the supreme court justices, Musa Dattijo Muhammad will retire from the bench of the apex court on Friday.This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Festus Akande, the court’s director press and information. The statement said the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola would preside over the valedictory session in honour…
The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed the application seeking to allow live coverage of the ongoing election petitions proceedings by broadcast stations. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the request which was made by the aggrieved parties and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) as…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested 11 suspected bandits, including the abductors of a district head in the state. The district head (name withheld), was abducted on August 14, 2024, and released two days after. In a statement on Wednesday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in…
