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The Lawyers In Business Mass-Housing & Land-Banking Scheme has announced an impending price increase of almost 100% for its Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) allocated plots of land in Abuja. The new prices will take effect on February 1, 2025, prompting stakeholders to take advantage of the current affordable rates before the deadline. Dr. Maxwell Boniface Mba […]

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa), has dismissed media reports alleging that lawmakers demanded N480 million as condition for approving some varsities’ 2025 budgets. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, Fulata said that the allegation was designed to undermine the efforts of the committee to improve the standard […]

A former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, will be arraigned before Justice Abdullah Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Sowore’s lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, confirmed to our correspondent on Tuesday that the police will arraign the rights activist on Wednesday, January 29. “The police have procured charges to arraign Omoyele Sowore […]

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified nearly two million “illegal immigrants” for deportation, with Nigeria ranking second among African nations affected by the enforcement action. According to an ICE document obtained by Fox News, 1,445,549 non-citizens with final removal orders were on the agency’s non-detained docket as of November 24, 2024. […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has kicked against management staff of the National Assembly who often seek service extension after retirement to enable them remain in office in breach of public service rules. He also directed the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to urgently get rid of such management staff from service without any further delay. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a January 31, 2025 deadline for companies that trade foreign currency to prove they’re following the new rules laid out in the Nigeria FX Code. The apex bank announced the launch of this code via its website on Monday. This code, which started on December 2, 2024, […]

The South East Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, further intensifying the party’s internal crisis. The notice for the meeting, scheduled for 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, was sent out on Monday by the […]

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians including state governors are trying to influence beneficiaries captured in the social register for the federal government’s conditional cash transfer. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said some persons want his ministry to bend for political reasons Dinosaurs […]

Fresh facts have emerged regarding the demolished hotel in the Oba community, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the property’s owner has insisted it was not used for kidnapping or other “nefarious activities,” contrary to the claims made by authorities. The property, officially registered as Udoka Golden Point Hotel and Suites, but […]

The former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; the Chairman of an Ibadan-based broadcasting station, Oriyomi Hamzat; and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Abdulahib Fasasi, appeared again on Monday before the Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, Oyo State. The trio face four counts, bordering on conspiracy, murder, manslaughter, and negligence, in […]

A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) attached to the Lagos Division of the anti-graft agency has slumped and died. The incident occurred on Sunday in an undisclosed part of Lagos State. The officer, who was not in uniform at the time of the incident, was confirmed dead after collapsing. A […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a lawyer, Benjamin Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu State. He was brought before the judge on five charges bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N12,000,000. 00. A statement on Monday by the […]