Around 40 people have reportedly been killed and hundreds more injured in Bangladesh, after student protests raging since the beginning of July turned violent. The protesters are demanding reforms to the recruitment system for public sector jobs. Tensions escalated on Read more…
Kano Friends of the Hospital Group, have said that they have donated over N10 million to the victims of Kano mosque attack. This was just as the group also commended Aliko Dangote, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, First Lady Oluremi Read more…
An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in the group’s first lethal strike into Israel. The aerial strike rumbled through the center of the city Read more…
The UN’s top court said on Friday in a non-binding opinion that Israel’s nearly 60-year occupation of Palestinian territories violates international law and must be ended as soon as possible. Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is illegal, said Read more…
Operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have killed one of the kidnappers who abducted the mother of the famous Hausa singer, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, while a second kidnapper was reportedly arrested after a gun duel. A DSS source Read more…
The ousted Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has rejected the chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism offered him, saying he is not a tourist. Ndume also said only his constituents, who elected him, can ask him to leave the Read more…
A circular by CBN Ag. Director of Financial Policy and Regulations, Mr. John Onoja, last night indicated that accounts that have remained dormant for 10 years and above would be affected. It said, “The provisions of this guideline shall apply Read more…
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has provided more insights into how it brokered a deal with the Federal Government over the new national minimum wage, saying the leaders of the Organised Labour accepted the N70,000 offer Read more…
A Ukrainian woman doused herself in flammable liquid and self-immolated in front of a courthouse in the Kiev region, reportedly in protest of her husband’s conscription being denied a postponement. The Kiev region police confirmed that the incident took place Read more…
Famous Nigerian singer Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy of the P-Square duo, has opened up about his source of wealth following his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Rudeboy and his elder brother, Jude Okoye, were Read more…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the national assembly is becoming an “enabler of executive recklessness”. In a post on X on Thursday, Abubakar condemned the removal of Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, as the chief whip of the senate.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=300&slotname=5559997686&adk=1001701923&adf=1872671032&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=360&abgtt=7&lmt=1721350835&rafmt=1&armr=1&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Fatiku-condemns-removal-of-senator-ndume-accuses-national-assembly-of-enabling-executive-excesses%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&rs=1&rh=375&rw=360&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1721350902104&bpp=19&bdt=6202&idt=-M&shv=r20240717&mjsv=m202407150101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D06bd9a19950fee80-228db99240e000ff%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1721350757%3AS%3DALNI_MbC8skCs4ebnwglGM5u4k6lTU5mHw&gpic=UID%3D00000d040e7e3532%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1721350757%3AS%3DALNI_MaUaQ3b_8VGnevtHWowzDhtzfQSsw&eo_id_str=ID%3Dbed612196c3467bf%3AT%3D1706831129%3ART%3D1721350757%3AS%3DAA-AfjYSRgOf6GOKi6lJ12o6iGNz&prev_fmts=0x0%2C360x300&nras=2&correlator=4584307712004&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=2052961092.1690064131&ga_sid=1721350897&ga_hid=398245399&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=50&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_sd=2&dmc=4&adx=0&ady=1852&biw=360&bih=688&scr_x=0&scr_y=231&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C42531705%2C95334527%2C95334829%2C95337027%2C95337868%2C31084187%2C95336267%2C21065725&oid=2&pvsid=1326677621641127&tmod=1622409496&uas=3&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%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=546 Read more…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has said that the quality of petroleum products from the Dangote refinery, as well as those from Watersmith, Aradel, and other modular refineries, is inferior compared to imported ones. Chief Executive Read more…