Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, the two reverend sisters, who were kidnapped in Anambra State have regained freedom after spending about six days with their captors. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ reverend sisters were abducted on their way back from a vocational association’s meeting in Ogboji along the Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Although the actual…

Alexander and Enenche Enenche, who are both brothers of the senior pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Church, Pastor Paul Enenche, have been remanded at the Keffi Prison in Nasarawa State. Also remanded with the brothers by the Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, was Abraham Daniel, a former pastor at the Dunamis church. The siblings were reportedly taken to the Keffi Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on…

Taking cognisance of the current economic realities in the country, the Federal Government has approved N1,125 daily feeding allowance for inmates of correctional centres. Disclosing this while was addressing senior officers of the organisation on Monday in Abuja, Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, warned personnel against any action capable of soiling the image of the agency following recent corruption allegations. The Acting C-G stressed that…

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) state executives led by Aaron Chukwuemeka from parading themselves as Exco of the party. Presiding judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, delivered the ruling on an interlocutory injunction on Monday. Two Port Harcourt based legal practitioners, Edwin Woko, Love Otuonye, and two others who are members of the PDP filed the case was against the party’s…

Some All Progressives Congress (APC) members who are supporters of the just impeached Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa were on Monday arrested by security agents inside the Assembly complex. The arrested persons were taken away from the Assembly premises in a Black Maria on the same day. They claimed to be APC youths from Agege, the constituency of the impeached speaker. According to News Central reports, the…

The Federal Government’s axe may fall on some Deposit Money Banks over the non-payment of over N200 billion on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) to Nigerian telecom operators as the government set to list out names of the defaulting 18 banks on Tuesday (tomorrow). According to a report from Vanguard, the reason for the public seems to be for the telcos to stop offering the said services that enable their…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, inducted 48 newly-appointed Permanent Secretaries into the state civil service held at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan, with a vow to continue upholding merit in the state civil and public service. The new Permanent Secretaries comprise 15 from the mainstream, six Inspectors General of Education, six from the health sector, seven from the local government, one from the…

The National Assembly has resolved to exclude the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from the Federal Government’s (FG) 2025 budget grants, citing concerns about the agency’s financial practices. Lawmakers criticised the apparent contradiction in JAMB’s financial operations during an interactive session on revenue projections for 2025, chaired by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East). JAMB’s Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, revealed that the board remitted N4 billion to the Consolidated Revenue…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said he will prosecute kingmakers who are still protesting over the choice of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo for bribery except they declared support for the new king. The governor said this after presenting Certificate of Appointment and Staff of Office as the new Alaafin of Oyo to Owoade on Monday at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has elected Mojisola Lasbat Meranda as its first female Speaker in history. Her emergence on Monday followed the impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa, who was accused of financial mismanagement and corruption. Here are facts about the new female Speaker.

For disrupting an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Abuja on 8 January 2025, and causing its cancellation, a female passenger has been charged to court and granted bail. According to the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, who disclosed this on Monday, the incident, described as “unruly behaviour,” affected 89 other passengers and caused significant disruptions to the airline’s operations.Reports have it that an unruly passenger…

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has extended the hand of mercy to 40 inmates serving various jail terms by setting them free. According to the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo (SAN), the pardon highlights the governor’s dedication to mercy and rehabilitation.The pardons, granted on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, include the outright release of 15 convicts effective Sunday,…