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A United States judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after the prominent Republican removed an elected official from office over his stance on abortion and transgender rights. Robert Hinkle, a federal judge for the northern district of Florida, ruled on Friday that DeSantis had violated the …

The Katsina Emirate Council has announced the dismissal of the District Head of Bakori, the Makaman Katsina, Idris Sule Idris, for allegedly aiding terrorism in his domain.   In a letter translated by the Premium Times and dated 19, January 2023, the Kauran Katsina, who is the district head of …

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the  Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has dismissed a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his vice, Mr. Kassim Shettima, for the 2023 general elections.   Delivering judgment on Friday, January 13, Justice Ekwo, dismissed the …

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed a bid by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, to stop moves by the Federal Government to reopen criminal forfeiture proceedings against the ex-Head of State.   The fresh move to reopen the fraud probe is targeted at some …

The Zazzau Emirate Council in Kaduna State has dismissed a palace guard (Dogari) over alleged gangrape of a woman.   Abdullahi Aliyu Kwarbai, the Media and Publicity Officer of the Emir, in a statement on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, said, “Sama’ila Abubakar Rimin Tsiwa, a palace guard, has been dismissed with …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says President Buhari ought to be praised and not criticized, amid ‘hunger and high cost of living’  the country is experiencing, as most parts of the world are also battling the same crisis at the moment.   Ngige said this when he spoke to …

Life coach, Solomon Buchi, has countered the position expressed by OAP Daddy Freeze, on sex before marriage.   Recall that model Fancy Acholonu had disclosed that her ex-fiance, actor Alex Ekubo, was never intimate with her for five years. According to Fancy, Alex hinged his decision not to have sex …

This comes amid severe attacks against the Senate President after the Bashir Machina Campaign Council condemned the alleged derogatory utterances made by his (Lawan) supporters against the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The condemnation was contained in a statement signed by the Director-General of the Bashir Machina …

Two Chinese nationals, Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai standing trial before a Sokoto State High Court on a two count charge of conspiracy and attempting to bribe one Abdullahi Lawal, former Head of the Sokoto Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday December 13, 2022 …

Dua Lipa has dismissed rumours she’ll take the stage at the World Cup 2022 opening ceremony in Qatar. The singer stated she would not be visiting the host nation until they amended their country’s human rights policies, which currently rule homosexuality illegal and punishable by imprisonment. ‘There is currently a lot of speculation that I …