A housewife, Mas’uda Ado, approached an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, seeking the dissolution of her one-year-old marriage to her husband, Nasir Abubakar, on grounds of lack of love and affection.Ms Ado told the court that she got married to Mr Abubakar, according to Islamic laws, in January 2023 and had a daughter.She told the court that she did not love her husband anymore and begged for the dissolution of her marriage.The respondent, however, told the court to give him some time to settle with his wife, adding that he was still in love with her.“I have other wives,…
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The Ondo state government has agreed to pay N70,000 minimum wage to state workers. Speaking in Akure, the state capital, the State Head of Service HOS, Bayo Phillip, said that governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has given assurance that his administration would not do anything less than whatever is approved by the federal government as the national minimum for workers. Phillip said that the state government was ready “to implement the new national minimum wage as approved by President Bola Tinubu for workers in the state. While reiterating the commitment of the governor to the welfare of the state workforce, he recalled…
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has extended an earlier order restricting protesters in Lagos to Freedom and Peace Pack in the Ojoto and Ketu areas of the state. Justice S.I. Sonaike gave the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Mr Lawal Pedro, SAN, for an extension order, having complied with the pre action protocols for preemptive remedies ordered last week by another vacation judge, Justice Emmanuel Ogundare. Pedro, who was represented in court by the Director for Civil Litigations, Mr Hameed Oyenuga, told the court on Tuesday that service…
The media office of Yahaya Bello, the former Governor of Kogi State, has refuted allegations that he is a sponsor of the #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria. The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria movement began on August 1 in response to widespread hunger and the steep rise in food prices, among other issues. The protests have unfortunately resulted in the loss of lives and damage to public property. In a statement signed by Ohiare Michael, the office announced its intention to pursue legal action against activist Jackson Ude, accusing him of spreading these claims. The statement reads, “We have uncovered a high-wired plan by some…
“There is a lot of hardship,” Governor Bala Mohammed said Tuesday as he tried to contain the violence that erupted in Bauchi. “Protests are the rights of everyone in a democracy. It is the right of the people to show anger,” added the governor as he expressed his displeasure over the violence that erupted during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Azare, the headquarters of the Katagum local government area. Mr Mohammed stated this while addressing journalists shortly after Tuesday’s emergency security council meeting at the state government house. The governor said his government did not support any violent protests and would…
The police in Borno have confirmed the arrest of nine protesters for allegedly displaying Russian flags in Maiduguri. Police commissioner Yusuf Lawal announced this on Tuesday while providing a situation report in Maiduguri. He said the suspects were arrested in the Zannari Tamsu area of Gwange Ward, Maiduguri, on Monday. Mr Lawal said the arrested persons were identified as Khalafi Abdulhamid, Mohammed Abubakar, Mohamed Ibrahim, and Abba Hassan, all residents of the Zannari Tamsu area. “Additionally, five more protesters were apprehended in the Bulumkutu area of Maiduguri, carrying Russian flags. “The suspects, Bashir Ahmad, Musa Lawan, Abba Mallam, Habibu Auwal,…
An Australian fisherman is believed to have been killed by a crocodile after falling into a creek, according to police on Tuesday. Human remains were discovered inside a 4.9-metre (16-foot) crocodile that was captured nearby. The 40-year-old man was fishing along a riverbank in tropical north Queensland when he “fell into the water and failed to resurface,” police stated. Reports indicated that the man had been “taken by a crocodile.” The fisherman had been at a remote spot known to locals as “crocodile bend,” as reported by Australian media. Rangers captured and euthanized a large crocodile close to where the…
…As Onuimo Sole Administrator condemns killing OWERRI — The Commissioner of Police, Imo State, Mr. Aboki Danjuma, has assured the general public, particularly the residents of the Umucheke Okwe Community, Onuimo local government area of the state that the command under his watch, will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the killers of Eze Umucheke’s cabinet members are all arrested and brought to justice. Danjuma also disclosed that the command’s tactical units, in synergy with the other security agencies and the local vigilantes, are presently combing the surrounding forests in Onuimo communities for possible apprehension of the fleeing suspects. The…
Following the expulsion of some students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, the leadership of the National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, has called for the removal of the Rector, Dr Sani Man Yahaya.The student body gave the Governing Council of the institution seven days to remove him over the manner he handled a recent protest by the students.According to the Southwest leaders of NAPS, including the Zonal Coordinator, Comrade Obasanya Monday Johnson, Comrade Oladipupo Olawale Ridwan, General secretary and Comrade Oyewumi Festus Ayomide, the Public Relations Officer, the students said they were disappointed in the leadership style of…
The FCT chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged President Bola Tinubu to address issues that led to nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests. The chairman of the association, Charles Ugwuanyi, made the call in an interview on Monday. According to him, the issue that led to the protest is hunger, occasioned by food costs that are biting Nigerians hard. ”We are calling on the president to make the economy friendly so the Nigerian will be able to put food on their table,” he said. He also urged Tinubu to review the security situation in the country, which he said was…