Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of an FCT High Court ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to either release the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, immediately or produce him in court on Nov. 6. Mr Adeniyi gave the order after hearing an ex parte motion marked M/122/2023 in…
The families of nine Israeli victims of last month’s Hamas attacks have lodged a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide, according to their lawyer. The families also want Hamas, the group that governs Gaza, prosecuted for suspected war crimes, and for the ICC to issue an international arrest warrant for its leaders,…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, accused the police of shooting at him on his way to inspect the State House of Assembly Complex that was gutted by fire last night. Fubara named a senior officer in the Rivers State Police Command as the leader of the team that was deployed to obstruct his…
The National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof Stella Effah-Attoe, is dead. Effah-Attoe, a member of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), died on Sunday after a brief illness. PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement, said the party lost one of its “best and brightest”. “Prof. Effah-Attoe’s death is a huge…
The “US is not telling Israel what to do,” Vice President Kamala Harris has stated, as debate over Washington’s stance on the war in Gaza mounts. Speaking in an interview with CBS on Sunday, Harris stressed that the United States is only providing advice, equipment and diplomatic support to Israel. US troops will not be…
The families of more than 220 captives seized by Hamas demanded answers from the Israeli government with many fearing a military onslaught on the Gaza Strip is putting the captives’ lives at risk. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke off from war planning for a hastily arranged meeting on Saturday with captive families after they…
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party on Saturday congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court. While urging the President to be magnanimous in victory, the LP faction mocked its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for filing a petition which it said did not take the justices more than 120 minutes…
The big spending Blues have won just one of their last 13 home Premier League games over the past two seasons and this latest setback punctures belief that Mauricio Pochettino was beginning to get Chelsea back on track. After a difficult start to Pochettino’s reign, back-to-back victories over Fulham and Burnley was followed by an…
At least 32 people have been killed in a multi-car pileup on a highway in Egypt’s Beheira governorate, according to authorities. More than 60 people were also reported injured in the road accident on Saturday, Egypt’s health ministry said.The collision took place in morning fog when a passenger bus on its way to Cairo slammed…
