In a unique case heard in Ilesa, Osun State, a Magistrate Court has directed Rhoda Adu to compensate her boyfriend, Olapitan Sola, with ₦150,000. The ruling follows her failure to visit him after accepting ₦3,000 as transport fare. How the case unfolded The issue started when Sola, who resides in Ilesa, sent ₦3,000 to Rhoda to cover her travel expenses. She had agreed to visit him, but after receiving the…

Alarmed by the huge number of casualties in tanker fire incidents in the country of late, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned Nigerians to stop scooping fuel from crashed trucks loaded with petrol. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, gave this warning while addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja on its recently concluded Operation Zero Tolerance. He expressed sadness over the rising number of collisions and fatalities, especially…

Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has been detained by the Nigerian police in Abuja. The New Daily Prime earlier reported that Sowore, on Monday, rejected his bail conditions, which required him to surrender his international passport and present a Level 17 civil servant as surety after his interrogation. The Ondo-born politician further announced on his X account that a team assigned…

A former Deputy Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Olumuyiwa Jimoh, has said that Mudashiru Obasa, the former Speaker, should be suspended from the House for insisting that he remains the Speaker of the Assembly despite his removal. Jimoh, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday. said, ”He (Obasa) claims that he is still the speaker, which I think he knows that the implication…

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court in Independence Layout, Enugu. Nwobodo faces a five-count charge of forgery and obtaining by false pretence involving N12 million. In a statement on Tuesday, EFCC said the charges stem from alleged fraudulent land sales in Emene, Enugu State.  One of the charges…

As Nigeria battles rising inflation rates, which reached a near 30-year high of 34.8% in December 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reassured Nigerians that the country has not entered a hyperinflationary economy. In a statement signed by its Executive Secretary, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, the FRC clarified that the application of International Accounting Standards (IAS) 29, which governs financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies, is unnecessary for the 2024 financial…

LAGOS, Jan 23 – Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has announced an optimistic economic outlook for 2025, projecting a GDP growth of 4.17%. Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Jan 23, 2025; Cardoso attributed the anticipated expansion to ongoing reforms and stabilizing inflation in Africa’s most populous nation. Reforms implemented by President Bola Tinubu’s administration in 2023, including the removal of petrol subsidies and the devaluation of the naira…

A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fouad Oki, has called on the impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, to focus on his legislative responsibilities and move on from his bid to reclaim the speakership position. Obasa, who was removed from his role last Monday, continues to assert that he remains the rightful Speaker of the Lagos Assembly. However, Oki has urged the…

After the abduction of five residents and a family in Abuja by bandits, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has launched a rescue operation for the victims. The attack occurred on Sunday at around 11 p.m. when an armed group numbering 20 arrived at the Health Centre extension area of Chikakore, a community in Kubwa, FCT. The victims whose homes were targeted and abducted include a resident…

The vice president, Kashim Shettima has expressed the determination of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to fight corruption and fix the economy. Shettima also stated that the government is on the path of enthroning national cohesion and strengthening the independence of the judiciary. The vice president spoke at the national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria on Monday in Abuja. The conference themed, ‘Strengthening Nigeria’s democracy: Pathways to…

Less than two weeks after an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was killed in Anambra State, the lifeless body of another official of the commission was discovered on a Lagos road. According to a video by SaharaReporters on Monday, the deceased operative, who was identified as Sylvanus, was found dead in Lagos, clad in a traditional attire. Onlookers were able to identify him as an official…

The Federal Civil Service Commission has begun a recruitment exercise for various positions within the Federal Civil Service. The Commission made this known on Monday in a statement by its Head of Press and Public Relations, Taiwo Hassan. The statement said that those who are eligible and interested should visit the commission’s recruitment portal to apply for any position they choose. The statement said, “The Federal Civil Service Commission is…