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The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, told the Court of Appeal that parties had reached a “political solution” to the crisis of leadership rocking the state, hence his withdrawal of the appeal against the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Deputy Governor had dragged the House, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and others to court over moves to remove him from office over alleged acts of gross misconduct. He had secured an interim order from the Federal High Court restraining the Ondo State House of Assembly from initiating impeachment proceedings against him. But, the Assembly, citing lack of jurisdiction, had appealed to set aside the order of the Federal High Court. A High Court in Ilorin has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Usman Adamu, along with his brother and an accomplice, Gidaddo Idris, for their involvement in a kidnapping case. The trio were found guilty of conspiring and kidnapping Abubakar Ahmad in 2022. The victim, who spent 20 days in captivity, was released only after the convicts collected a ransom of ₦1 million. Justice Akinpelu, in her judgement, stated that the evidence presented by the prosecution established the collaboration among ...

The International Maritime Bureau in its most recent report has ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress across Nigeria has called on the ...

The National Assembly is expected to pass the 2016 Appropriation ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and civil society ...

The NBS has released its Q3 and Q4 2015 report ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, ...

Sixty five people were killed and one hundred and thirty ...

A crude oil pipeline in Bayelsa State, operated by the ...

GE is currently investing $200 million in Nigeria to build ...

A Bill seeking to make citizens begin to pay some ...

The Central Bank has announced that it sticking with 11% ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has released 705 names, and ...

Bank customers have been unable to withdraw American dollars from ...

The Senate is divided, along party lines, on the feasibility ...

An NNPC spokesman, Ohi Alegbe, has confirmed that the NNPC ...

Prices of food commodities in Nigeria have been on an ...

The current dip in oil prices will significantly reduce the ...

Despite the CBN's relaxation of foreign currency deposits a week ...

Nigeria’s first fully indigenous vehicle manufacturing company, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, ...

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi ...

The Senate has thrown out a motion seeking to compel ...

The CBN has announced that it will be stopping the ...

Industry analysts say that the proposed oil revenue in the ...

An emergency meeting of the Federal Executive Council is scheduled ...