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The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  Thursday demanded a review and reversal of  the Supreme Court verdict on the Imo state governorship election that nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha and ordered the swearing in of Senator Hope Uzodinma as the governor.

A High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced a man, Abdulwahab Adebayo, to two weeks in a correctional facility for receiving phone calls during court proceedings.

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja yesterday sentenced Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Crafts (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe, for contempt of court order.

Unknown persons have allegedly broken into the office of the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State (SGS), Mustapha Inuwa, and made away with huge amounts of money. The office which is located at the state secretariat was said to have been broken into on Sunday night. Sources familiar with what happened said the amount stolen was in the millions …

Machine-gun wielding jihadists killed four Nigerian soldiers and wounded 11 more during an attack on an army base in the northeast, military officials told AFP on Sunday.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Sunday denied links with a former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged extortion.

Some bandits on Thursday attacked an Abuja-bound train near Katari village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Over twenty-four hours after the story of the arrest of Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Hon. Osaze Osemwingie-Ero broke, the State government is still insisting that it cannot confirm the arrest of the Commissioner.

Nigeria’s attorney-general and minister of justice has explained why the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria was not released along with former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki and the publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore.

Former Super Eagles player Kanu Nwankwo Wednesday announced the death of one of the first beneficiaries of his heart foundation turned daughter, Enitan.