United States government on Monday July 20th filed a motion through its attorney John R. Lausch, requesting that the case against Woodberry be dismissed without prejudice, even though he was indicted by a grand jury on an eight-count charge of wire fraud. However commenting on the development, Nash told Premium Times that the case was dismissed because the government…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has defected from the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) to rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC). Interim APC Chairman and governor of Yobe state, Mala Mai Buni, disclosed this to state house correspondents after himself and Dogara met with President Buhari in the presidential villa in Abuja today July…
Scottish Premiership club, Rangers have announced the signing of Super Eagles defender, Leon Balogun. The Nigeria international became a free agent after leaving Championship side Wigan Athletic at the end of the 2019-20 season and has now been signed by Rangers on a year contract with an option of an extension Balogun has spent most…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been ordered to release all items seized from Ismaila Mustapha popularly known as Mompha by a federal high court sitting in Lagos. Justice Liman who ruled on a July 6 application filed by Mompha’s counsel, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), ordered the return of the items which include…
Adams Oshiomhole, the suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that Governor Godwin Obaseki was disqualified with materials provided by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The APC Chieftain who spoke at his residence in Benin on Thursday July 23, insisted that they don’t want to repeat same mistake they made in Bayelsa state in…
22-year-old Fatima Bishir has been arrested by the Katsina state police command for allegedly kidnapping her daughter to implicate her husband’s ex-wife. Fatima reportedly sent out a text message, demanding a N2 million ransom to secure the release of their 5-year-old daughter. The suspect who tried implicating her husband’s ex-wife at the police station, alleged that she…
A statement from the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, says on July 18, police officers attached to the B division in Suleja, arrested Garba for criminally trespassing into the room of the 60-year-old woman and then raped her. Wasiu said Garba has confessed to entering the woman’s house and raping her. He said the suspect would be…
Four policemen are on the verge of being dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force for failing to stop the kidnap of Salisu Usman Maku, nephew of former information minister Labaran Maku. The policemen who were reportedly on duty near the kidnap scene on July 14, were accused of taking cover and hiding from the kidnappers. It was…
A lottery shop operator simply identified as Baba Pool, on Thursday, July 23, allegedly committed suicide inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State over his ”inability to pay the winnings of his customers.” Baba Pool, 70, left a suicide note before hanging himself inside his shop. His suicide note…
The Nigerian Air Force says an autopsy was not carried out on Tolulope Arotile, the first Combat Helicopter pilot in Nigeria who died on July 14, because the circumstances surrounding her death were clear. Arotile, 25, died after she was hit by a former classmate at the Nigeria Air Force base in Kaduna state. Many Nigerians…