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Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged socialite and nightclub owner Mike Nwalie, popularly known as Pretty Mike, and his club supervisor, Joachim Hillary, in a drug-related case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Delivering judgment, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa upheld their no-case submission, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish a prima…
Prominent politicians across party lines, including former Senate President David Mark, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, and ex‑Osun Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday led a massive protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja to demand electoral accountability ahead of the 2027 general elections. Defying heavy rain, the…
A year‑long investigation by The New York Times has concluded that British cryptographer Adam Back is the “most likely candidate” behind Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, reigniting a 17‑year search for the digital currency’s founder. Back, 55, is chief executive of blockchain firm Blockstream and a pioneer of early digital asset research. If the findings…
The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman, on Tuesday led a high‑level delegation to the Abuja residence of former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to condole with him over the death of his wife, Hajiya Hadiza Attahiru Jega. Hajiya Hadiza died on Sunday, April 5,…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has ordered an immediate probe and vowed sanctions after sections of the N51bn Kugbo bus terminal collapsed Tuesday night following violent storms and flooding. During an inspection of the wreckage Wednesday morning, Wike directed the arrest of contractors and site engineers responsible for the project if negligence…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday announced the establishment of a ‘Special Representatives Network (SRN)’ comprising envoys in 12 foreign cities, with a mandate to engage international stakeholders on the state of democratic governance in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC identified Washington D.C.,…
The newly inaugurated Kugbo bus terminal was heavily damaged Tuesday night after hours of torrential rain and violent windstorms tore through the FCT, leaving the N51bn facility partially collapsed and unusable. Eyewitnesses said floodwater from the early‑morning downpour overwhelmed drainage around the Kugbo axis at about 9:40pm, sweeping through the terminal’s main concourse. By midnight,…
After 42 years at the helm, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is moving to create a vice‑presidency for the first time, a shift pushed through parliament last week amid heated debate. Biya, 93 and the world’s oldest sitting leader, has governed since 1982 without a deputy. The constitutional amendment approved by the ruling CPDM supermajority and denounced…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said Saturday he will back whoever emerges as the African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, putting party unity ahead of personal ambition. Speaking to reporters in Abuja, Atiku who ran for president in 2019 and 2023 under the PDP said internal democracy in the ADC matters more than individual interests. “The goal…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday officially commissioned the Gateway International Airport at Iperu, marking the inauguration of Ogun State’s first commercial aviation hub. The event, attended by senior federal and state officials, included the unveiling of two Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft for Gateway Air a state‑initiated carrier operated in partnership with ValueJet. The 4,000‑metre runway facility, positioned as an…