The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Thursday, December 19, visited family members of an Obidient who were involved in a domestic gas explosion in their home, Newsmax Nigeria reports. In a post made on X,…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama has granted N500 million bail to Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, over allegations of a N110 billion fraud. Justice Maryann Anenih approved the bail application on Thursday, but…
The 18 suspended local government chairmen in Edo State on Wednesday dared the State House of Assembly, insisting that they can’t be suspended or removed from office. Newmax Nigeria recalls that the council chairmen were on Tuesday suspended for two…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to ensure that applicants who meet all the requirements are issued international passports within six weeks, in line with Section 9(4)…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos from Abuja ahead of the Christmas celebrations, Newsmax Nigeria reports. The President was received at the airport by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, along with other state officials. He is…
A woman, Malama Abdulkadir-Yanmama on Tuesday, December 17, received N500,000 as reward for returning money meant for the Federal Government’s Home Grown School Feeding programme in Katsina State. The reward was handed to the woman by the Katsina State government…
The suspension of all 18 local government chairmen and their vice-chairmen in Edo State has been tied to an alleged bid by the state governor to control an N800 million monthly Special Security and Environmental Fund. A leaked letter dated…
The Edo State House of Assembly, Tuesday, suspended all the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Councils over allegation of ‘misappropriation of funds’, Newsmax Nigeria has learnt. The decision to suspend the local council administrators was taken…
The president-elect of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama met with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Mahama who is on a courtesy visit to Nigeria met President Tinubu in his residence at the Presidential Villa on Monday,…
A new bill aimed at banning the use of foreign currencies, including the US Dollar and British Pound Sterling, for domestic transactions in Nigeria has passed its first reading in the Senate. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act…
