The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 41-year-old father of five, Olusesi Yusuf, to 600 hours of community service, for illegal dealing and possession of some banned substances. The defendant, according to the prosecutor M. I. Erondu, was arrested on March 6, 2023, 2023 at Felix Ogaga Close, Aso Oke, Ajah Lagos State,…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 31-year-old bricklayer, Rasheed Bolaji, to two years imprisonment, for selling Cannabis Sativa, in the Ikoyi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services. Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced Bolaji on Friday following his guilty plea to a two-count charge of trafficking and unlawful dealing in 5.3 kilograms of…
UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards isn’t ruling out the possibility of a fourth fight against Kamaru Usman. On March 18, Edwards successfully defended the welterweight title for the first time with a majority decision against Usman. The win at UFC 286 was Edwards’ second consecutive win against ‘The Nigerian Nightmare,’ making the series 2-1 in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted packs of Tramadol, Rohypnol, Ecstasy and Cannabis concealed in winter jackets and bottles of body cream at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement shared via the agency’s Facebook page on Sunday. According to the…
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in Kogi State. Dino was declared winner by the returning officer on Sunday. He scored 313 votes to defeat Idoko Ilonah who had 124 votes. Others, Awoniyi Sunday had 77 votes while Musa Wada had 56 votes The former lawmaker…
A 70-year-old man named Apollos Danlami has been killed following a communal clash that occurred over the coronation of a hamlet head in Sang village of Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Saturday. 64 houses, three motorcycles and properties worth millions of naira were set ablaze. The Bauchi State Police Command in a…
The Department of State Services has commenced an investigation into the attack unleashed on one of its operatives during the controversial governorship election re-run in Adamawa State. In a video that has gone viral, an official of the DSS is seen being manhandled by some political thugs in Yola. Reacting to the ugly development, the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the Adamawa people won’t avail themselves to be ‘cheated three times in a row’. Recall INEC had suspended the process after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aisha…
INEC on Sunday declared Mr Afam Ogene, candidate of Labour Party (LP), winner of Saturday’s Ogbaru federal constituency supplementary election in Anambra. With his victory, Ogene unseated the three-term incumbent House of Representatives member for the constituency, Mr Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Announcing the results at Atani, headquarters of Ogbaru Local…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP candidates as winners of two more state assembly seats in Kano State. The party won in Garko and Wudil Constituencies supplementary election conducted on 15th April, 2023. The INEC Returning Officer for the election in Wudil, Prof. Surajo Mahmud Umar, declared…
