The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted an order of substituted service of court processes on Sen. Ireti Kingibe, the lawmaker representing the FCT Senatorial District on the platform of African Democratic Party (ADC). Justice Salim Ibrahim gave the following a motion ex-parte moved by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Moses Awuru, to the effect….
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed profound grief over the tragic killing of Alhaji Ardo Risku, the Benue Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). In a statement issued on Sunday, the Sultan described the deceased as “a courageous advocate of peaceful coexistence’. The statement signed by the National…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended by four weeks its expired 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, warning that it may embark on industrial action if its demands remain unmet. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the association’s Extraordinary National Executive Council (E-NEC) meeting, held virtually…
Canada defeated South Africa 1-0 in the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32, securing their place in the Round of 16 after a dramatic stoppage-time winner. The encounter was evenly balanced for most of the game, with South Africa producing a disciplined defensive display and frustrating the Canadian attack. Canada…
Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, has defended the passage of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026, describing it as a child of necessity rather than political expediency. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs. Bamidele said…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Katsina, Abdulaziz Maituraka, has launched the Tinubu/Radda re-election campaign with an empowerment programme for 200 commercial tea sellers and party officials. Speaking at the event in Katsina on Sunday, Maituraka said each tea seller received crates of eggs, cartons of indomie noodles, and N20,000 in cash to support…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to emulate the leadership qualities and patriotic zeal of late foremost nationalist, Sir Herbert Macaulay. He made the call at the 80th remembrance anniversary of Macaulay’s death in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that the programme was organised by the late nationalist’s descendants at Naval Dockyards, Victoria Island….
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has strongly condemned the gruesome mob killing of a woman, Ummulkhair, at Mararaban Jos in Kaduna State, describing the incident as barbaric and ungodly. The organisation, under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, expressed shock and grief over the incident, saying it reflected the collapse of moral…
Dr Yakubu Kingsley, the presidential aspirant of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), on Sunday disagreed with the party’s National Chairman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, over his call for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation. Baba-Ahmed had, in a statement on June 4, asked President Tinubu to resign from office. Reacting in a statement signed by Kingsley in Abuja, he…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 38-year-old businesswoman following the discovery of a large consignment of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of her luggage. This is contained in a statement by Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested…
