A Jimeta Chief Magistrate Court, Yola, Adamawa, on Friday sentenced three men to 10, seven and five years imprisonment for conspiring and stealing household items. The convicts, Aliyu Adamu, 24, Ahmed Musa, 18, and Adamu Aliyu, 21, all of Malamre Yola, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency. Delivery Judgment, Chief…

The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the election of Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State. The apex court vacated the November 16, 2023 judgement of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which declared the governorship election that held in the state on March 18, as inconclusive. It held that Lawal, who was the…

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf was restored by the Supreme Court on Friday, as the valid winner of the governorship election held on March 18, 2023. The five-member panel of justices of the Supreme Court led by Justice Inyang Okoro delivered the unanimous verdict in Abuja. Okoro-led ruling reversed the verdict of the appellate court…

…. vacates order recognising APC’s candidate, Ganuwa as winner The Supreme Court has restored Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, as the valid winner of the governorship election that held in Kano State on March 18. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, on Friday,…

The leadership of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria in Osun State has pledged support for the State’s Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to seek a second term in office. Addressing journalists in Ikirun on Wednesday, the Osun ALGON chairman, Mr. Sarafadeen Awotunde, said Adeleke’s endorsement for another term by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic…

A new Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Akintayo Adaralewa has been deployed to Osun State Command. Adaralewa is succeeding Agboola Sunday who has been redeployed to Ekiti State. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Kehinde Adeniyi on Thursday and obtained by SAHEL STANDARD correspodent in…

Osun State Commissioner for Transportation, Hon. Sesan Oyedele has called for the blockage of revenue leakages as well as staff commitment to duty as ways to improve the State’s Internally Generated Revenue(IGR). He identified wastages and leakages as the bane of robust IGR generation in the State over the years, stressing that the administration of…

Osun State Government has warned residents, builders, tipper drivers against dumping of sand and other building materials on the road side within the state. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Transportation, Hon. Salaam Adewale stated this while responding to questions on a popular radio programme tagged ‘Aabo Loju Popo’, monitored in Osogbo….

….Says he will keep praising God for His goodness Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged religious leaders to always preach against fake news as it can set the nation on fire. The Governor made the plea on Wednesday in Osogbo while hosting members of the Ilesa Methodist Church Dioceses, who came on annual intercessory…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, in the early hours of Thursday, appointed Hassan Imam as the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Keystone Bank. Imam takes over leadership of the commercial bank from Olaniran Olayinka, who served as CEO from March 2020 until the CBN dissolved the boards of Keystone Bank and two…