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  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been dragged before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Court, in Abuja, over the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of democratically elected authorities in Rivers State.   This was contained in a suit dated March 20, 2025, and marked ECW/CCJ/APP/18/25.   The …

A young girl has d!ed after being struck by lightening during rainfall in Mbaiwen, Adikpo in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State.   It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at the compound of Celina Agbatse, where the victim had gone to fetch water.   As the rain began to fall, she took shelter …

A 35-year-old Nigerian man, Lotenna Chisom Umeadi, who was extradited from Germany to the United States of America, has pled guilty on to two counts of wire fraud.   United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement in a statement on …

Music artist Naira Marley testified on Friday before a Magistrate Court in Ikorodu in the ongoing Coroner’s inquest into the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.   Appearing virtually before Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, Naira Marley stated that Mohbad was signed to his record label, Marlian Records, under a contract to produce four albums. However, he said the albums …

The Oyo State Police Command has busted a syndicate that specialized in exhuming buried corpses and selling their body parts for ritual purposes, in Ibadan.      Spokesperson of the command, CSP Osifeso Adewale, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, March 21, 2025, said police operatives arrested two members of the syndicate, Ridwan Bello and Fatai Adeleke with …

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has confirmed the release of withheld local government allocations, assuring that workers’ salaries will be paid without further delay.   The funds had been withheld following the crisis in the state, with the Supreme Court ruling that allocations would remain frozen until the State House of Assembly properly appropriated them. …

The Nigerian and Canadian governments have signed a landmark code-sharing agreement aimed at enhancing efficiency and connectivity in the aviation sector.   Announcing the development on Friday, March 21,  Gbenga Saka, special adviser on digital media to Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, confirmed the deal.   The agreement will allow airlines from both countries to sell …

Nollywood has lost a great actress.  Nkechi Nweje is said to have passed on this morning, March 21, after a brief illness.   Her cause of death has not been disclosed but colleagues have gone online to express shock over her death.  Nkechi starred in movies alongside other greats like the late Junior Pope Odonwodo.   Nkechi with the late Jnr Pope …

Rampaging herders attacked a farmer, John Akin and chopped off his two fingers at Ilowa Gbade Village in Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State.   It was gathered that the victim was working on his cassava farm when the herders invaded the farm with their cows and began to destroy the crops   Akin pleaded with the herders to …

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested twelve suspects who attacked worshippers performing Tahajjud prayer in Rigasa, k! lling a 23-year-old man identified as Usman Mohammed.      The spokesperson of the command, DSP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, March 21, 2025.   “Police operatives in Kaduna State on 21st March 2025, at about 0200 hours, …