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THE Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria says it has lodged a petition with the Federal Ministry of Labour, the Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigeria Labour Congress ahead of its planned indefinite strike in protest of the refusal of e-hailing firms to raise their pay. The union’s Publicity Chairman, Jossy Olawale, in […]

Group, Medical Professionals on Sunday raised an alarm over suspected retirement fraud in the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), calling on President Bola Tinubu to act very fast by ordering an investigation into the alleged age falsification case involving the Council’s Registrar, Dr. Tajudeen Adisa Bolanle Sanusi. Chairman of the group, Dr. Yomilola […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has not declared the immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Muhammad Bello Matawalle, wanted contrary to news reports by some national dailies on Sunday. Reacting to the news report captioned, “Alleged N70b Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov, Matawalle Wanted”, EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, described the […]

Immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has revealed how he was poisoned in 2018 at the campaign secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State and experienced liver and kidney failure. The former governor said he was diagnosed of multiple organ failure in a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. He recalled that […]

By Raymond Nkannebe Not a few Nigerians were scandalized when last week, Senator Muhammad Adamu Bulkachuwa – the former Senator representing Bauchi North Senatorial District threw caution to the wind and uttered the most bizarre and atrocious of statements that is bound to push the limits of parliamentary privilege; at least in a well-organized democracy. […]

The confession by a former Senator, who represented Bauchi North, Adamu Bulkachuwa, at the valedictory session of the ninth Senate penultimate Saturday, was a big shame to the Nigerian judiciary as it has further exposed the rot in the system and the extent to which the course of justice is being perverted, Ejiofor Alike and […]

By Olumide Babalola Borrowing a leaf from Timothy Endicott’s ‘The Impossibility of Rule of Law’ (1999) 19(1) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 1-18), I acknowledge that we cannot have a perfect law not even where wide and transparent consultation of stakeholders are not made. Amidst mixed reactions, Nigerians welcomed their first principal legislation on data […]

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has sealed off a seven-floor building housing Heirs Holdings and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. In a statement posted on its website today, LASBCA stated that the building was exhibiting signs of structural failure. Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said cash deposits into domiciliary accounts will no longer be restricted. The apex bank said this in guidance to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) after a meeting with the bankers’ committee on Sunday. The guidance includes allowing all visible and invisible transactions to be eligible for the Investors’ and […]

Sterling Bank Officials, Former Reps Member Jailed for N212m Fraud Amidst the rising trend of insider fraud in the banking sector, three Sterling Bank officials and former House of Reps members were jailed by Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court. Ex-House of Representatives member, Mansur Ali Mashi, alongside three Abdulmumini Mustapha, Shehu […]

THE Lagos state government is set to demolish 17 distressed buildings used for commercial purposes at the Alaba International Market, Ojo. The general manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki, disclosed the planned demolition and gave the final warning and vacation notices to the occupants of the affected buildings during an […]

Adamu Bulkachuwa, a senator from Bauchi North who served in the 9th Assembly, has denied that he had any influence on Zainab Bulkachuwa’s choices while she served as the President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the valedictory session of the 9th Assembly, before he was interrupted by […]