In a panel discussion held today during the ongoing NBA-SBL Conference in Lagos, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mazi Afam Osigwe, passionately advocated for the establishment of an African Arbitration Center. The panel session which centered around the theme “Forging Read more…
Month: July 2023
Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, is set to return back to the country, his lawyer, Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, has revealed. Igboho escaped from the country in 2021 after operatives of the Department of State Services, Read more…
A 68-year-old Meadville woman with arthritis and other chronic health problems — including anxiety severe enough that she had an emotional support dog with her in court — has been sentenced to two years of probation for acting as a Read more…
Pope Francis will travel to Mongolia at the end of August, the Vatican confirmed on Thursday, indicating that his health is improving well enough after surgery to be able to go to the remotest area he has ever visited. The Read more…
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has asked governors of South-Eastern states to take measures to protect the lives and properties of Northerners living in South-Eastern communities as the IPOB Sit-at-home violence escalates. This was contained in a statement by Read more…
Russia has announced its withdrawal of consent to Finland’s operation of a consulate general in St Petersburg. The Russian foreign ministry also announced on Thursday that nine Finnish diplomats will be expelled from the country. Finland’s general consulate will cease its activities in Read more…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Kolawole Omotosho granted Kyari bail under stringent conditions. However, he still has a criminal case before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Read more…
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned ex-Governor Abdullahi for questioning over the controversial dollar videos. In 2017, Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The ex-governor Read more…
President Bola Tinubu in a bid to address concerns raised by manufacturers and other stakeholders regarding recent tax changes by the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, has signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the 5% Excise Tax Read more…
Enugu State Government, on Thursday, announced that many hoodlums enforcing sit-at-home have been arrested. The govt confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen, signed by Professor Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government. “The Enugu State Government wishes Read more…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the immediate disbandment of the team of Police officers from the Edo State Command responsible for running over a citizen at Ekpoma. The decisive action of disbanding the team Read more…
Primordial sentiments took the front-burner in the submission of lawmakers on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday over alleged lopsided disbursement of loan to the six geo- political zones by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) during the last Read more…