The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has advised intending pilgrims to Jerusalem not to see the exercise as a jamboree. Adegbite gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja when bidding farewell to the departing Christian pilgrims to Israel and Jordan for the NCPC’s delayed Easter Pilgrimage exercise. He…
The Department of State Services (DSS), has filed cybercrime and criminal defamation charges against Omoyele Sowore and two others, for allegedly publishing false and inciting social media posts about President Bola Tinubu. The charges, filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, also list X (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) as co-defendants. In the…
Lawmakers in northern Nigeria have commended the management of the 2025 Hajj exercise, while urging both state and federal authorities to address logistical and welfare challenges that continue to affect Nigerian pilgrims. The Kano State House of Assembly’s Committee on Hajj, which presented its report on Tuesday, said 3,346 pilgrims from Kano joined the 41,668…
The Nigerian government has charged opposition politician Omoyele Sowore with cybercrime after he referred to President Bola Tinubu as “a criminal” in a social media post. Court documents filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday indicate that Sowore faces five counts under the Cybercrimes Amendment Act, 2024. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, also…
No fewer than six rooms in a private residential building were in the early hours of Tuesday gutted by fire at Akinsoji Zone, Ogbere Moradeyo, Oremeji Area of Ibadan. The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Maroof Akinwande confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. Akinwande…
he Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by an Estate Surveyor and Valuer, Philip Ojo, against SDV Nigeria Limited and another over dispute arising from the sale of an estate in Lagos State. The apex court, in the lead judgment delivered by Justice Obande Ogbuinya and unanimously upheld by other justices, held that the…
The Nigerian government says work on the 387km Kano–Maradi railway line has reached 60 per cent completion, with the project now extended to Dutse in Jigawa State. Transport Minister Said Alkali, addressing delegates at the International Railway Conference in Abuja on Monday, said the project had made rapid progress since the start of President Bola…
Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Zamfara Command, says 17 persons died, when a commercial bus rammed into a collapsed bridge in Gwalli area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Public Education Officer of the command , Isah Aliyu in Gusau on Monday. According to him, the 17 persons, mostly women,…
Fresh revelations by the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) have cast serious doubt on the Kaduna State Government’s claim that it has commenced payment of a N72,000 minimum wage. Contrary to assurances by officials, teachers across the state insist they are still being paid under the old wage structure. Pay slips and bank alerts…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that $7 million recovered by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency be permanently forfeited to the state. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the ruling on Monday following an application by EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN. The agency had earlier secured an interim order on 27 August freezing the cash, which was…
