Lawyers for impeached South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, January 16, a day after he was detained at his residence for questioning over rebellion allegations linked to his martial law declaration last month. Yoon was sent to a detention centre near the…
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Benin City, on Thursday reserved its rulings on motions challenging the declaration of Governor Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the September 21, 2024, governorship election. The petitions, filed by Mr. Akhimie Kingston Afeare of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and Bishop Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena of the…
CALABAR – The Cross River State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has publicly distanced itself from a recent protest held at the headquarters of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) in Calabar. In a press release signed by the Council’s Public Relations Officer, Comrade Melchizedek David, the NYCN clarified that…
A woman has gone on X to open up about her father’s actions towards her. She wrote: “My dad isn’t a good day, he trained me to cater for my siblings and continues to make it my duty to provide for them. I’m the one refusing to do it as I was born like them. …
The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has called on President Bola Tinubu to honour an alleged pre-2023 agreement to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has been in solitary confinement at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State…
Drake’s legal team has drawn attention for an apparent misstep in their defamation lawsuit over the diss track “Not Like Us,” which the rapper claims has caused him reputational harm and personal danger. In an 81-page lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), Drake alleges the track, written by Kendrick Lamar, repeatedly suggests violence against…
Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, the former Chief of Staff to Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, faces another setback in his legal battle as the Kaduna State High Court refused his bail application on Thursday. The ruling, delivered just days after the court adjourned proceedings to January 16, 2025, marks a…
The Kogi State Government has vowed to prosecute a 40-year-old man, Mr Elisha Daniel, accused of r3ping a 3-year-old girl, describing the act as “barbaric” and stating that the society must not tolerate “conscienceless people.” LIB reported that the suspect r3ped the minor at a bakery in Lokoja on Monday, January 6, 2025. …
A Lagos State High Court on Thursday, sentenced self-styled Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Frederick Nwajagu, to one year imprisonment without an option of fine after he was found guilty of impersonation and falsely parading himself as a titled chief in Lagos State which is contrary to the laws of the state. However, due to…
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, under Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have arrested a suspected gunrunner in Taraba State. The suspect, Alhaji Adamu Usman, was arrested on January 13, 2025, in Gassol Local Government Area of the state. The acting spokesperson of the brigade, Captain Oni Olubodunde, told journalists in Jalingo…
