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*Says Demolished Houses Fell Within Red Zones The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has justified the action it took to demolish some structures illegally occupying acquired land belonging to the authority. According to FAAN, contrary to the erroneous information or deliberate misinformation by some persons, the recent demolition of 13 houses posed grave dangers […]

Templars Senior Partner and the immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olumide Akpata, was on Wednesday, 26 April 2023, presented with an award of recognition for Legislative Reform Support by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) on the occasion of the 2023 PEBEC Awards Ceremony which took place at the […]

The 2023 Law Week Planning Committee (the “Law Week Committee”) of the NBA Lagos Branch has announced commencement date for the registration of its annual law week for 2023 – themed: “Facing The Future: Law in a Globalized Economy”, scheduled to hold from June 16 – June 23, 2023 at the Nigerian Law School, Victoria […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday failed to present witnesses in an alleged fraud case of $1.3 million dollars involving a Kano-based businessman and an All Progressive Congress Kano Central Senatorial District candidate, Abdulkarim Abdussalam Zaura. When the case resumed at the Kano Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Muhammad Nasir Yunus, […]

The former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said Nigeria lost for not having Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the country’s President. Sanusi said this at a virtual book launch titled, “Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of an Innovative Leader,” on Monday. The VP was one of the aspirants of the All Progressives Congress presidential […]

The House of Representatives has urged the United Kingdom government, especially the parliament to intervene in the sentencing of former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife Beatrice with the aim to ensure a softlanding for them. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, specifically addressed the British Crown at the plenary […]

The U.S. military is tracking a mysterious balloon that flew over American soil, but it’s not clear what it is or whom it belongs to, according to three U.S. officials. The object flew across portions of Hawaii but did not go over any sensitive areas, the officials said. The U.S. military has been tracking it […]

The management of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it is expanding its test for the presence of the killer seasoning, ethylene oxide, to other brands of instant noodles offered for sale to Nigerians. The regulatory agency had on Monday said it has commenced random sampling of […]

The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, over abuse of office. Also dragged before the court alongside the minister is a civil servant, a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Ms Asabe Waziri, who is said […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted last Tuesday and Monday. According to the Board, 1, 595, 779 candidates registered for the examination in 708 CBT centres in 105 examination towns in the country. The Board noted the released results excluded candidates […]

Interest Rate to Rise Further before Hold Regime – TrustBanc GMD Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth has been projected to taper in 2023 as Central Bank (CBN) deploys benchmark interest rate hikes as a tool to fight rising headline inflation. In a very similar pattern, the CBN and United States (US) Federal Reserve interest […]

World Bank Group Launches Business Ready Project The World Bank Group has begun work to assess the business and investment climate in up to 180 economies under its flagship Business Ready project—a key instrument of its new strategy to facilitate private investment, generate employment, and improve productivity to help countries accelerate development in inclusive and […]