Abia state gov, Okezie Ikpeazu files at Court of Appeal,folowing the federal high court judgement.

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, this morning filed a notice of appeal and application for stay of execution at the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the ruling of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court. Justice Abang had yesterday sacked Ikpeazu from office after his main contender during the state's PDP primary in 2014, Uche Ogah, proved to the court that Ikpeazu presented fake tax clearance during the gubernatorial primaries.

Femi Fani-Kayode arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos

Former Minister of Aviation and spokesperson of PDP presidential campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos today over an alleged N4.9 billion fraud. Also arraigned in court is a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman. They are being accused of spending N4.9 billion which was gotten from arms deal fraud, on PDP campaign during the last presidential election. see more photos after the cut...

Zahra and Hanan Buhari spotted in Abuja{photo}

Comedian Chuks D General posted this photo he took with President Buhari's daughters, Zahra and Hanan in Abuja this afternoon.

Argentina football legend Maradona pleads with Lionel Messi not to retire from international football

Argentina's greatest footballer of all time Diego Maradona has pleaded with country man and current Argentina captain Lionel Messi not to retire from International football following Argentina's Copa America Centenario final loss to Chile.

Saraki, Ekweremadu plead not guilty to forgery charges

The Federal Government on Monday arraigned the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and two others before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi for forgery of the Senate Standing Rules 2015.

UNIBEN suspends post-UTME

The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, has announced the suspension of its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

EFCC arrests Fayose’s ‘best friend’ over N4.7bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a man, whom it described as the best friend of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.

The suspect, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, it was learnt, allegedly helped Fayose to handle over N1.219bn during the Ekiti State governorship election in 2014.

Stepmother remanded for cutting off baby’s penis

A 22-year-old woman, Bara’atu Rabiu, has been remanded in the Minna Medium Security Prison for allegedly cutting off the penis of her rival’s one-month-old baby, Buhari.

She was arraigned on Monday on one count of attempted homicide before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Minna.

Man arraigned for raping three daughters

For allegedly raping his three daughters, a 48-year-old man, Micheal Ogbar, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.