Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to nullify and invalidate the laws establishing the Ebugeagu Security Agency of the Ebonyi State government, as well as the Cyber Crime (Prohibition) law 2021 enacted by the state House of Read more…
Seplat Energy, Nigeria’s biggest energy company by market value, Sahara Group, ND Western Limited and Tony Elumelu-backed Heirs Oil and Gas are in contention to take over an equity interest said to be worth $4 billion, held by the Nigerian Read more…
Miyettti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has asked its members to fully participate in the ongoing continuous voters’ registration, and also obtain National ID cards as citizens of the country. This was contained in a Read more…
Apex youth socio-cultural organisation in the South East, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has described former Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi’s statement on his presidential ambition as unsatisfactory and unacceptable. Obi had last weekend said he could only declare for Read more…
ustice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has imposed a fine of N200, 000 on the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice (AGF) for truncating the trial of four co-defendants of Nnamdi Kanu on Read more…
Kwara State Muslim stakeholders, on Friday, urged the state government to enforce its policy on wearing of hijab by Muslim schoolgirls in all government grant-aided secondary schools. They made the call while addressing journalists in Ilorin over the Thursday violence Read more…
Nigeria has approached Standard Chartered Bank for funding of two rail projects, its Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi said on Wednesday, after delays from Chinese lenders. President Muhammadu Buhari has made upgrading transport networks and improving outdated power grids the pillar Read more…
Israel’s top diplomat questioned whether Russia intends to invade Ukraine, angering Kiev’s envoy A Ukrainian soldier patrols the border with Russia near the village of Hoptivka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, February 2, 2022. © AP / Evgeniy Maloletka Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel Read more…
The United States on Thursday delivered two Black Hawk military helicopters to Croatia, which is engaged in a mini arms race with neighboring Russian ally Serbia amid simmering tensions in the post-war Balkan region. The U.S. Embassy in Croatia’s capital, Read more…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has revealed that Nigeria lost at least $3.5billion revenue to crude oil theft in the year 2021. CISLAC executive director, Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, made the revelation in Port Harcourt on Thursday while Read more…
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has said that the Onitsha River Port concession, which is under a Rehabilitate-Operate and Transfer (ROT) arrangement, targets to generate over N50 billion revenue. The 30-year concession, which has received the approval of the Read more…
Embattled former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, to seek his intervention on what he said is the unjust harassment from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Speaking Read more…