Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that the holy month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, March 1, following the sighting of the Ramadan crescent in the Kingdom. The month of Ramadan is the ninth of the 12 months of the Islamic calendar. Saudi Royal Court said Taraweeh prayer will be held this evening at Masjid…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday issued a warning regarding the handling of vacancies in the Rivers State House of Assembly, following allegations from Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The governor had accused INEC of selectively implementing elections to fill vacancies caused by political defections, particularly in light of the ongoing factional crisis in the Assembly….
Kayode Lawal The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and the Accountant General of the Federation to shop further releasing financial allocations to Rivers state government with immediate effect. The Apex Court directed that the order shall be in force until the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara stops all his illegal,…
The supreme Court on Friday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Accountant General of the Federation to stop releasing Monthly Allocation to the Rivers State Government. The Apex Court it’s ruling added that the allocation should be stopped until the Rivers State Government present the Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly under…
Suspected herdsmen on Thursday killed two farmers identified as Lucky Salami and Julius Arewa in Eware village Etsako West local government area with machetes while a third person identified as Omokhagbon Abu popularly known Udugboya is said to be battling to survive in an undisclosed hospital. This fresh killing is coming less than three days…
Aminat Lawal, the sister of the abducted National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was kidnapped along the Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday, Feb. 25, has claimed that her sister was handed over to the abductors by the driver conveying them. Aminat told Punch on Thursday, Feb. 27, that Rofiat was abducted while returning to…
Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in favour of Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as Speaker have arrived the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of a matter brought by the latter. Obasa had gone to court to challenge his removal by at least 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025. In…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, has alleged that her trouble in the senate began after she rejected sexual advances from Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the accusation during an interview with Arise TV on Friday. “My case is a case of a student being punished by a lecturer for refusing to sleep…
Two friends, Oluwashina Wakeel and Yusuf Adewale, have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for conspiracy and assault of a road user in Osun State, AbdulSalam Oyewale. Wakeel and Adewale, who were arraigned before an Osun State High Court sitting in Ede, during the attack on Oyewale, left him with serious injuries in the eye….
The newly elected Chairman of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Osun State Branch, Comrade Ranti Okerinde extends his appreciation to the Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, the Head of Service, Mr Samuel Ayanleye Aina, his newly elected Exco Members, Permanent Secretaries, Delegates from all MDAs and Parastatals, Unit Executives and most…
