On Friday, the Kogi State governorship candidate Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party had her appeal denied by the Supreme Court. Ajaka has contested the results of the November 11, 2023 election, which saw Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress declared the victor, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Ajaka appealed

Two individuals have been charged by the Ekiti State police with stealing and possessing iron rods in two separate magistrate courts in Ado Ekiti. The defendants are 31-year-old Ishola Awogbemi and 36-year-old Samuel Chucks, who were both hauled into court on suspicion of possessing stolen iron rods. Samuel Chucks was charged with theft. Inspector Raymond

The administration of Obafemi Awolowo University, located in Ile-Ife, Osun State, declared on Thursday the death of Esu Rita Ema, a final-year student in the Department of Foreign Languages. It was stated that Sodiq, a driver, killed Ema near the university’s campus. The institution reported that the deceased student, who had the matriculation number FRM/2019/041,

Six men who had been imprisoned for over four years after being arrested during the 2000 #EndSARS protests have been released from a Lagos State Magistrate Court located in Ogba. Magistrate Bolanle Osunsanmi released the defendants—Daniel Joyinbo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka—on Thursday following a warning. After entering a

Following a three-day work visit in France, President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria. At 2:25 a.m. on Friday, the President’s Airbus A330 arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The PUNCH discovered. In order to swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria at the State House’s Council

In a statement signed by Monisola Odumosu and provided to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, the legal team representing the Aloba family stated that the order was given at the court’s August 16 session. According to the legal team, they also requested a warrant from the coroner’s court to summon interested parties as witnesses to testify

Oil traders are waiting to hear the price of Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s Premium Motor Spirit, or petrol, as the refinery starts a PMS production test run ahead of its September delivery. According to a Reuters story, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is testing petrol production; full operation is anticipated to start by mid-September. The publication mentioned

With effect from September 1, 2024, the Federal Government has approved an increase in the fees for the Nigerian passport. The Nigeria Immigration Service’s spokesman, Kenneth Udo, revealed this in a statement posted on the NIS’s X handle on Wednesday. According to Udo, the purpose of the increase is to guarantee the integrity and quality

More than 40,000 families have been directly impacted by flooding this year, according to Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi. The governor reported that floodwaters severely damaged twenty-three of Jigawa state’s twenty-seven local government areas. This comes as the House of Representatives committee on ecological finances conducted an oversight tour and inspection of Jigawa state flood

In relation to the $14.19 million cumulative invoice issued by the market operator for services delivered in the first quarter of 2024, none of the four international bilateral clients served by the power production businesses in the Nigerian electricity supply industry made payment. This was disclosed in a report our source saw from the Nigerian