Alleged N338.8m Laundering: Ex-Lagos Speaker Opens Defence March 24
A Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday fixed March 24 for a former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, to open his defence in an alleged N338.8 million…
Uproar in Senate over Armed Forces Commission Bill
…As upper chamber resolves into emergency close door session A Bill which seeks to establish an Armed Forces Service Commission on Wednesday divided the Senate. The Bill titled: “A Bill…
Seizure of Okorocha’s properties: Court dismisses appeal filed by Imo, others
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Wednesday, dismissed the appeal filed by the Attorney General of Imo State and forty others challenging the ruling of an Owerri Federal…
Controversial Appointment Of Court Of Appeal Justices And Matters Arising As NJC Meets Tomorrow
The 18th and 19th of March has been picked as the dates for the distinguished judicial body, the National Judicial Council, to discuss striking issues affecting the judiciary in Nigeria.…
KPMG Appointed Transaction Adviser For Nigeria’s N1trn Infrastructure Company
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hired KPMG, an accounting firm, as the transaction adviser for the newly-created Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria Limited (InfraCorp). THISDAY quotes Osita Nwasinobi, the…
Hijab Controversy: Abdulrazaq Directs Reopening Of 10 Shut Schools
The Kwara state government has directed the reopening of the 10 grant-aided mission secondary schools shut down over hijab (veil) controversy. The reopening of the schools became effective yesterday (Wednesday…
Falana Writes Cape Verde Govt Asks For Compliance Of ECOWAS Court Judgment Over Alex Saab’s Release
*Demands Payment of USD200,000 As Damages Awarded By Court Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights lawyer and counsel to Alex Saab, special envoy of the Venezuelan government, has asked the…
NDDC: We Gave Niger Delta Governors N100m Each For COVID-19
Kemebradikumo Pondei •Panel insists on arrest warrant against agency’s sole administrator The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has claimed that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing…
Hijab Controversy: Christians, Muslims In Violent Clash, As Kwara Govt Reopens Schools
Violence erupted on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital after the state government reopened 10 schools shut last month over the use of hijab by Muslim female students. The violence…
Strange Disease: Three Die, 284 Hospitalised In Kano
Kano State government, yesterday, confirmed three people dead and 284 others infected in the outbreak of a yet-to-be-identified disease in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim-Tsanyawa, confirmed…