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The FCT Police Command has invited a lawyer and social media personality, Abdul Mahmud, popularly known as The Oracle, over allegations of conspiracy, cyber-stalking and willfully making a false statement. The police also accused the lawyer of defamation, emotional, verbal and psychological abuse and willfully placing a person in fear …

The embattled Nigerian senator, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday, appeared at the Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in London where he is facing charges of organ trafficking. Mr Ekweremadu, a former deputy senate president, whose case was scheduled to be heard in court on July 7, had the case fast-tracked and heard today, …

A Kannywood singer Sarfilu Zarewa has apologised to actresses in the Hausa film industry for accusing them of not staying in their marriages. Kaduna-based Zarewa is an up-and-coming Hausa singer best known for the hit ‘Ƴar Lukuta’, meaning the ‘fat girl’. The State Security Service had arrested the singer in …

The conduct of a primary election on June 4 for the Nasarawa West Senatorial seat has compounded a crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-central state. The shadow election produced an architect, Shehu Tukur, as the party’s candidate but opponents accused the National Chairman of the party, …

At the Senate plenary on Tuesday, there was no mention of former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, or his recent arrest and remand in the UK. The Enugu West senator was arrested alongside his wife, Beatrice, last week by the London Metropolitan Police. The Police had charged the Ekweremadus for …

An Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan on Tuesday ordered that two herdsmen be remanded in the Agodi correctional facility for alleged armed robbery. The police charged Abdulkareem Yusuf, 22 and Umaru Kessi, 22, with armed robbery. Chief Magistrate S. H. Adebisi also ordered that an 11-year-old boy charged alongside Messrs …

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has appealed to the Nigerian government to halt all forms of discriminatory and unfair practices against other health professionals in the country. The union in a statement issued and signed by its president, Obinna Ogbonna, to commemorate the 2022 Health Sector Reform …

Sudan said on Monday it will recall its ambassador to Addis Ababa  for “consultations” following accusations that the Ethiopian army executed seven captured Sudanese soldiers and a civilian. “In an act that contravenes all laws and customs of war and international humanitarian law, the Ethiopian army executed seven Sudanese soldiers …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned a purported leaked document claiming it budgeted N6.5 trillion for vote-buying to ensure victory in the 2023 presidential election. Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, described the document as fake and the handiwork of mischief-makers. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned a purported leaked document claiming it budgeted N6.5 trillion for vote-buying to ensure victory in the 2023 presidential election. Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, described the document as fake and the handiwork of mischief-makers. …