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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday sealed a factory and eight shops in Nasarawa State for packaging, selling and distributing counterfeit rice. The Investigation and Enforcement Taskforce of the agency, which swung into action following an intelligence report, noted that about N5bn worth of bags of counterfeit rice were […]

Garba Shehu, former spokesperson for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has addressed reports that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) revoked a plot of land allocated to the Muhammadu Buhari Foundation. Shehu clarified on Wednesday that the land in question does not belong to the former president personally but was lawfully acquired for the foundation by associates […]

A Brazilian judge has ordered a song by British pop superstar Adele, Million Years Ago, be pulled worldwide – including on streaming services – over a continuing plagiarism claim by a Brazilian composer. The injunction threatens the Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal, Adele’s labels, with a fine of $8,000 “per act of non-compliance”. The […]

Bello Bodejo, President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, on Thursday, prayed an Abuja High Court to order his release from the State Security Service, SSS, detention facility pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application. Bodejo, in a motion ex-parte marked: M/16976/2024 and filed by his team of lawyers led by Reuben Atabo, SAN, […]

United Nigeria Airlines has stated that its flight, originally scheduled to take off on Thursday, December 19, at 6 am from Lagos to Asaba, was disrupted after an ‘unruly’ passenger physically assaulted one of its crew members. The airline said in a statement that the commotion caused by the passenger on board, just before the […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of a warehouse built on a landed property measuring 1.925 hectares of land along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway in Magboro, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The court also ordered the permanent forfeiture of 54 general purpose steel containers. Justice Deinde […]

A high court in Kano State has awarded Lamash Properties Limited damages amounting to N8,511,000,000 against the Kano State Government. This judgment follows the demolition of properties owned by Lamash Properties, carried out on the orders of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. In addition to the damages, the court ordered the defendants—which include the Kano State […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has declared as illegal and unconstitutional, the suspension of the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas in Edo State. The AGF, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, stressed that the removal from office or suspension of […]

Hon. Justice Falola, the presiding judge in the high-profile case of Olowookere Segun, has defended his decision to impose a death sentence, clarifying that the conviction was for armed robbery, not mere chicken theft. The judge’s statement comes in response to public backlash and widespread misinformation about the case. Justice Falola revealed that Olowookere Segun […]

Soldiers reportedly acting on the orders of an army general on Wednesday attacked FCDA development control officials officials who were in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, to remove some illegal structures in the area. The officials were in the area to remove the fence of a building on Plot 416 said to belong to one Major General. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the country’s external reserves, now at $42.01 billion, can finance the importation of goods and services for over nine months. The apex bank also assured Nigerians of improved economic prospects in 2025. CBN governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the presentation […]

Dangote Refinery has explained that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s stake in the refinery was reduced from 20% to 7.24% due to NNPCL’s failure to meet key terms of their partnership. In a statement released on Wednesday, Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, clarified that claims made by NNPCL about […]