Author: TheScrutinyNG

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has cautioned that the Nigerian public will lose confidence in the judiciary if judges continue to delay case execution. She made this statement during the third annual National Judicial Council (NJC) conference on judges’ performance evaluation in Abuja on Tuesday. Expressing concern over the rising number of pending cases and the slow rate at which judges are resolving them, the CJN highlighted alarming statistics. “As of the first quarter of 2024, we had a total of 243,253 cases pending in our superior courts of record, exclusive of the Supreme Court,” Kekere-Ekun said.…

Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), has urged critics to refrain from questioning the church’s decisions regarding the retirement of its pastors. The cleric faced criticism on social media after reports emerged last week that his two vice presidents, Bishops Thomas Aremu and David Abioye, would be retiring after serving three and four decades in the ministry. It was gathered that their retirement is in line with the operational guidelines of the church, also known as The Mandate, which serves as the church’s constitution. Reacting while delivering his sermon at the valedictory service for Bishop…

Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has agreed to become the next England manager. The BBC has been told by two different sources that German Tuchel will become the third non-British permanent manager of the England men’s team after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello. England have been without a permanent manager since Gareth Southgate resigned following the Three Lions’ Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. Lee Carsley, who the Football Association put in charge on an interim basis, will remain in place for England’s final two Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland in November, with Tuchel set…

Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has said that policemen were withdrawn from local government headquarters in Rivers State following the election of democratically-elected chairmen. He explained that since the elections had been concluded, there was no longer a need to maintain a police presence at the local government secretariats. It would be recalled that after the chairmen were sworn into office and asked to go resume at the secretariats, suspected thugs attacked and set some of the LGs ablaze while destroying many government properties. Speaking on the development during a meeting with Police Strategic Commanders in Abuja…

Alex Ferguson is leaving his reported £2 million-a-year ($2.6m) ambassador role with Manchester United at the end of the season as part of a cost-cutting exercise. The former United manager, 82, won 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League crowns among a huge trophy haul during nearly 27 years at Old Trafford. The Athletic reported that the decision had been made amicably, with Ferguson stepping down from the global ambassador role when the season ends. Ferguson, a regular at matches since he stepped down in 2013, will remain a non-executive director of the football club board. It comes as…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Peter Obi, has regretted the latest national grid collapse, which occurred on Tuesday, throwing parts of the country into darkness. Speaking through his X handle on Tuesday, the former Anambra State governor said the recurring national grid collapse is shameful and showed the poor leadership in the country. Obi said; “For the umpteenth time, the national grid has collapsed, plunging a huge part of the nation into darkness and exposing the fragility of Nigeria’s power infrastructure. “This recurring disaster is a national shame and a glaring testament to…

The Lagos State High Court has ordered controversial social media critic Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to remove defamatory comments and videos concerning lawyer and human rights activist Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin. The court also ordered him to pay N500 million to them for libel, as stated in the pre-action bundle of the judgment. Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the ruling in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024 on Tuesday. According to him, the publications made by VeryDarkMan on his social media accounts on September 24, 2024, linking Bobrisky to Falz and his father were defamatory and injurious to…

The Kwara State Police Command has announced that it will prosecute the three police officers found guilty of the alleged killing of an ND11 student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, in a court of competent jurisdiction. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Kwara State Police Command, DSP Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, made available to the press on Monday night, stated that the police authority has dismissed the three officers found culpable in the killing of the student. In the statement titled “Final Update…

By unlocking economic potential in fisheries, tourism, and renewable energy the Nigeria’s National Blue Economy Strategy will play a significant role in sustainably harnessing marine resources, enhancing food production, job creation and climate resilience, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said. The minister reeled these benefits of the document during opening remarks at the broad-based National Stakeholders’ Consultation, Validation Workshop and Development of the National Blue Economy Strategy for the Federal Republic Of Nigeria with the support of the African Union and Norway. Declaring open the two-day workshop which  is ongoing in Abuja, the minister stated…

The pilot of the chartered aircraft in which the Super Eagles flew to Libya has given details on how the  authorities in the North African country diverted the flight to the sub-standard airport at Al-Abraq. The Tunisian pilot who flew the Nigerian team to Libya has shed light on the circumstances that led to the unexpected diversion of their flight to a remote airport, Al-Abraq, instead of their intended destination, Benghazi. The pilot who is a Tunisian, in a video interview shared on the X handle of Pooja Media, said the risky diversion was unexpected. He said his entreaties to…