Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has sworn in two new young High Court judges, Charlie Duke and Amadise Ekadi, who are aged 39 and 38, respectively. According to a press statement on Wednesday, signed by Mr Daniel Alabrahm, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Duke, born in 1984 and Ekadi born in 1985 were brought in to help ease the pressure on other judges and enable them to dispense with cases promptly. The...

In a bid to mobilise support for its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Dayo Israel, the National Youth Leader of the  All Progressives Congress  (APC), has inaugurated the Delta State chapter of Jagaban Foot Soldiers Movement, a special grassroots mobilisation unit of local canvassers and influential young members of the party commissioned to engage voters and secure their support for the party ahead of the general elections. Israel, who continued his nationwide...

An inferno that occurred around 11:00 am on Monday at Muna Garage Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State destroyed food items and other valuables in the thatched houses. The situation had rendered many inhabitants homeless, according to reports. One of the IDPs, Modu Zarami explained that the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, though colossal damage was recorded in the inferno. “Nobody can say how the fire started,...

To ensure proper circulation of the new naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  (EFCC) visited some commercial banks in Gombe metropolis to monitor compliance with the circulation of the new naira notes in the State. Mr. Yusuf Philip-Yila, Director of, the Development Finance Department, CBN Directorate Headquarters, led the team, and also had in his team, personnel of the EFCC who were expected to...