The Senate Committee on Capital Market on Thursday rejected the Investments and Securities Tribunal’s 2025 budget proposal due to errors in the figures and items presented. This followed a motion moved by the Senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson and seconded by Senator Aliyu Wadada from Nasarawa West during the agency’s budget defence in Abuja….
New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers appeared in a Massachusetts courtroom on Thursday and pled guilty to one charge of possessing cocaine. Â The 29-year-old, wearing a blue suit and white shirt, admitted to a judge that the powdery substance found in his wallet following his arrest for domestic violence in October was an illegal…
The Ekiti State Government announced on Thursday, January 23, that the existing legal framework in the state does not recognize a Sharia Court or an Independent Sharia Arbitration Panel. Â The statement was made by the state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Dayo Apata, in response to news reports about the first public sitting…
The decomposed remains of a 45-year-old pastor, Esere Okilo, have been discovered in his home in Ekeki, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, more than a year after he was reported missing.  Okilo, a native of Nembe-Bassambiri, had not been seen for 15 months before his sister stumbled upon his skeletal remains on Wednesday, January 22.  …
At least 15 people died in an auto crash along Olooru/Oko-olowo Road in Kwara on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Muftau Irekeola, confirmed the accident to journalists on Thursday in Ilorin. He said two commercial vehicles were involved in the accident. According to him, three…
In a case sparking significant debate in eSwatini, Dumsile Dludlu is facing up to three years in prison for allegedly snooping on her husband’s WhatsApp messages.  Dludlu, accused of accessing her husband’s account without permission, has become the latest individual to be caught under the country’s strict Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act of 2022….
