The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Friday, found two Heads of Court guilty of age falsification. According to the legal body, its investigations established that the Chief Judge of Imo State, Hon. Justice T. E. Chukwuemeka Chikeka and the Grand Read more…
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Lere Olayinka, has defended his principal, Nyesome Wike against Femi Falana’s criticism regarding the construction of housing for judges. Falana labelled the initiative unconstitutional Read more…
stern warning to Deposit Money Banks over cash hoarding and diversion, stating that such actions will attract stiff penalties. In a circular dated November 13, 2024, signed by the Acting Director of Currency Operations, Muhammad Olayemi, and released by the Read more…
Attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has secured the conviction of one Laminu Ahmed, 36, for the rape of a seven-year-old girl. Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 14 Read more…
The National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, says the new terror group, Lakurawa, would be wiped out very soon. The general disclosed that the terror group has less than two hundred members. Laka spoke in Read more…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed the suit instituted by 19 states against the Attorney-General of the Federation, challenging the constitutionality of the Acts establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and two other anti-corruption agencies. The plaintiffs had Read more…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday has led the nation in paying final respects to the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, who was laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. Vice President Kashim Read more…
US President-elect Donald Trump’s close ally, tech billionaire Elon Musk, has met with the Iranian ambassador to the UN earlier this week, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two unnamed Iranian officials. According to the Times, Musk meeting Read more…
The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmad, has been suspended indefinitely. According to a terse statement on Thursday night by Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister Read more…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a proposed national budget of ₦47.9 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this after the Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Read more…
MultiChoice Group Limited has written off $21m deposited in Nigeria’s Heritage Bank following the financial institution’s liquidation earlier this year. This disclosure was contained in the company’s interim financial statements for the half-year ending September 30, 2024. The sum was Read more…
United Bank for Africa Plc has issued 6,839,884,274 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N35 per share in a rights issue to raise N239.4bn in a bid to meet the fresh capital requirements of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Read more…