WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded and been found guilty in a US court to a single espionage charge. He is now free to return to his native Australia, having already served five years in a British prison. Assange pleaded Read more…
Month: June 2024
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $1,426,175.14 linked to the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji ordered the final forfeiture of the funds Read more…
The leadership tussle of the Labour Party escalated on Tuesday, June 25, as the Labour Party National Transition Committee (LPNTC) demanded the resignation of the party chairman, Julius Abure. The labour leaders, who stormed the venue of the meeting of Read more…
Police authorities in Rivers State have declared a former Niger Delta militant leader, Gabriel ‘General’ Asabuja, wanted. This announcement was made by the state Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Asabuja Read more…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has denied allegations by Dangote Refinery that it is issuing import licenses indiscriminately to marketer’s despite the country’s capacity to refine diesel. According to the NMDPRA, the deregulation of the downstream sector allows Read more…
Hon. Kalu, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, through his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, expressed excitement over the recent call by 50 members of the 10th House of Representatives led by Hon. Obi Aguocha seeking for Read more…
A senior personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suddenly died on Tuesday afternoon while on an official assignment before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts at the National Assembly complex. A statement signed by the House Read more…
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has replaced the commander of his military’s Joint Forces Command, Lieutenant General Yury Sodol, amid claims that Sodol’s alleged incompetence “has killed more Ukrainian soldiers than any Russian general.” Following a meeting with military leadership on Monday, Read more…
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Julian Assange to plead guilty to a single felony count of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified information, in a deal that is expected to resolve the WikiLeaks founder’s charges in the U.S. Read more…
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday, emerged the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum. The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, emerged as the Vice Chairman.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=300&slotname=5559997686&adk=428717016&adf=3240787364&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=360&abgtt=7&lmt=1719278154&rafmt=1&armr=1&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Fsouthern-governors-forum-dapo-abiodun-takes-the-helm-charles-soludo-named-vice-chairman%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&rs=1&rh=375&rw=360&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1719283628916&bpp=18&bdt=5463&idt=-M&shv=r20240618&mjsv=m202406180101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D06bd9a19950fee80-228db99240e000ff%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1719283356%3AS%3DALNI_MbC8skCs4ebnwglGM5u4k6lTU5mHw&gpic=UID%3D00000d040e7e3532%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1719283356%3AS%3DALNI_MaUaQ3b_8VGnevtHWowzDhtzfQSsw&eo_id_str=ID%3Dbed612196c3467bf%3AT%3D1706831129%3ART%3D1719283356%3AS%3DAA-AfjYSRgOf6GOKi6lJ12o6iGNz&prev_fmts=0x0%2C360x300&nras=2&correlator=3533889096929&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=2052961092.1690064131&ga_sid=1719283626&ga_hid=2108694480&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=43&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_sd=2&dmc=4&adx=0&ady=1459&biw=360&bih=688&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759842%2C31084687%2C31084689%2C95330413%2C95331695%2C95334508%2C95334529%2C95334572%2C95335897%2C31084764%2C95335290&oid=2&pvsid=4337934741229768&tmod=746850922&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Fcategory%2Fmetro-news%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C688%2C360%2C688&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=1686 The emergence of the Abiodun and Soludo, was part of Read more…
A Kano State High Court sitting at court two, Audu Bako Secretariat, has fixed July 11, 2024, as the hearing date for the motion on notice on the fundamental rights of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Read more…
There is tension at the Balogun Business Association International Centre for Commerce shopping complex, BBA, International Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State over the activities of suspected thugs extorting, threatening and harassing traders in the market. Some of the aggrieved traders Read more…