Month: August 2021

By Adeniyi Israel Adekunle INTRODUCTION All over the world, the concept of human rights has been deemed sacrosanct. Especially in democratically civilized countries in the world, human rights have been…

A Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Mr. Samuel Maagbe has disclosed that steps are being taken to formally enlist Kogi as an oil-producing state.…

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all…

The Chief Justice of Rivers State, Justice Simon Amadi, has pardoned and freed 10 inmates serving at the Port Harcourt correctional centre. The 10 suspects were on awaiting trial for…

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage after a 45-year-old businessman, Mr Mutiu Bamgbose, accused his wife, Aliyah, of stealing. Mutiu, in his statement to…

A former Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to invest the funds being borrowed in profitable ventures to enhance the nation’s socio-economic development. Obi…

Two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks – Al-Qaida and Islamic State – continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security globally,…

Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, told Reuters on Thursday, adding that the government was awaiting a response…

Human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has urged the Government of the 36 States of the Federation to seek redress at the Supreme Court over the…

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions to tackle fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering in the…