Reading Time: 2 minutesA man has died in a petrol tanker accident that occurred on the Otedola Bridge axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed this in a statement on Friday. He, however, did not state when the accident occurred, although…

Reading Time: 2 minutesEnyinnaya Abaribe, the Minority leader of the Senate has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He made his decision known in a letter to the Ward Chairman of the PDP in his ward, Ward 5, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. In the letter dated May 24, 2022, the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA Federal High Court in Abuja has denied to admit a former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to bail pending the determination of a suit he instituted against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo declined the request by the former governor to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognizing or accepting ad hoc delegates produced by Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order whole delivering judgment in a suit instituted by 581 delegates…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Emah, A 52-year-old father of five has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his pregnant wife, whom he accused of infidelity. The suspect from Mbiabam in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area was on Friday May 27, found guilty of killing his wife on the 12th of February 2018, while she was…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi seeking to stop his probe over an alleged N96 billion fraud. In a lead judgment prepared by Justice Emmanuel Augie but read by Justice Adamu Jairo, the apex court dismissed the appeal of Mr Ameachi on grounds…

Reading Time: 2 minutesSenator Aishatu Binani has emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State. She beat five other contenders, all men, to clinch the ticket.  Senator Binani defeated two heavyweights, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) boss, Nuhu Ribadu and former Governor Umaru Jubrilla Bindo,…