Author: Lawan

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday declared that the removal of the reinstated Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa was illegal and unconstitutional. Delivering judgment, Justice Justice Yetunde Pinheiro, held that the members of the house of assembly erred in the removal of Obasa as speaker. The court further awarded N500,000 in damages for the unlawful and illegal removal of Obasa and for the psychological embarrassment caused to him. Pinheiro, also said that the plenary session which was held by the house in the absence of Obasa was invalid. She maintained that the session was convened without Obasa’s…

The Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has intercepted 1,306 bags of foreign rice being smuggled into the country. The NNS BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Paul Nimmyel, said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Apapa, Lagos State. Nimmyel, who is the Maritime Component Commander, South-West Operation AWATSE, said that the rice was intercepted on Saturday at Majidun Community in Ikorodu West Local Government Area. “Operation AWATSE team while conducting routine security and anti-smuggling operations within their Area of Operations intercepted the bags being smuggled. “The vehicles suspected to be involved in the smuggling activities attempted to evade security at its check…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dissociated itself from the ongoing circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates that registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said these messages were being disseminated by suspected fraudsters with the intent to defraud unsuspecting individuals. Benjamin noted that the perpetrators had exploited the numerical variant of UTME, 8863, and merged it with the Board’s sort code, ‘55019’, to create a deceptive sort code that mimics JAMB’s official messaging system. According to him, through this…

The Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State oversight has invited the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retired), to appear before it for an interactive session scheduled for Thursday. This was disclosed on Wednesday by Akin Rotimi (Jnr), spokesperson for the House of Representatives, following the committee’s inaugural meeting, which took place a day after its official inauguration by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Rotimi said the meeting provided an opportunity for members to deliberate on preliminary reports and developments from Rivers State since the appointment of the Sole Administrator. “Pursuant to its constitutional mandate to exercise…

Dangote Refinery has once more reduced the prices of its fuel, lowering the ex-depot rate to N835 per liter. The recently adjusted price represents a decrease of N30 from the N865 per litre set six days ago, which equates to a 3.5 percent reduction.

Melinda French Gates has revealed why she “had to leave” her marriage to billionaire ex-husband Bill Gates. According to her, she left because the marriage lacked honesty. She said the lack of honesty impacted their ability to “have intimacy.” Melinda revealed this while answerign questions from Late Show host, Stephen Colbert. The 60-year-old walked out of her 27-year marriage to Bill, the founder of Microsoft, in 2021. Melinda has recently stepped back into the spotlight to promote her new memoir, in which she candidly reflects on the major transitions in her life, including her high-profile divorce. “I learned to have…

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday, April 15, struck out the defamation suit filed by the Falanas against internet commentator Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; and his son, Folarin popularly known as Falz; had filed the defamation suit against VDM following the comments and video he published on September 24, 2024 on his social media handles and pages. The Falanas had dragged the defendant before the court in separate suits, claiming N500 million each as damages over a video he posted on his social media platforms alleging that they collected…

A 45-year-old vehicle spare parts dealer, Alhaji Ganiyu Kehinde, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kwara State Command, for alleged acts of homos*xuality and the defilement of two teenage boys in the lpata-Oloje area of Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The parents of the victims and members of the community reported the incident at the Gender Unit of the Command on April 14, 2025. They alleged that the suspect had been involved in repeated homos*xual acts with two teenage boys (names withheld), aged 15 and 19 years old, respectively. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect lured…

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to three months imprisonment after he was caught dumping refuse on the Lekki-Epe expressway. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, shared a video showing the moment the man was caught with his vehicle filled with grass and illegally dumping them by the roadside. In a post shared on X on Monday, Wahab stated that the driver has been arrested, the vehicle seized, and that he will be arraigned in court immediately. He issued a stern warning stating that the state will not tolerate acts that endanger our environment and public…

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says a former governor of the state, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, who died on April 6, will be honoured with a befitting state burial. Makinde said this on Tuesday when he paid a condolence visit to the deceased family at Molete area of Ibadan. He disclosed that his government and the deceased family had begun arrangements for the state funeral that would reflect the legacy and stature of the late statesman. Makinde described Olunloyo as a towering figure in Oyo State’s political and intellectual history. The governor noted that the contributions of the deceased to…