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The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has approved a three-year term for elected Local Government Chairmen and Councilors, introducing key reforms to the state’s local government administration. Under the newly ratified legislation, the Assembly has detached the Ministry for Local Government, Local Government Service Commission, and Local Government Pension Board from direct control over Local […]

Libyan football authorities have expressed anger at the Confederation of African Football’s decision to award the aborted second leg of the AFCON 2025 qualifier to Nigeria, warning that it may be heading to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to challenge that action. According to reports in Libya, the football federation is currently studying […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has launched a sweeping crackdown on beggars, scavengers, and street vendors, with 34 individuals detained on Monday across various parts of Abuja. This action followed a recent ministerial directive ordering such individuals to leave the capital city. The operation, conducted by a joint task force comprising the Police, Military, Department […]

The Federal Government has urged the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to focus on rehabilitation of inmates, reformation, and respect for human rights. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the directive on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a two-day performance contract signing retreat for the Interior Ministry and heads of […]

The Federal Governnment’s onslaught against illegal mining continues to gather momentum as the Mining Marshals arrested three Chinese nationals and two Nigerians in a mining site located at Rafin-Gabas, Agwada Area Council, Kokona LGA, Nasarawa state. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori, disclosed […]

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has vowed to take swift action after a disturbing video surfaced allegedly showing a man, believed to be a lawyer and manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), verbally and physically assaulting his wife. The CCTV footage, dated October 27, 2024, captures the couple in a heated argument over […]

A Dispatch rider, Mr Monday Osazuwa, who is the first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele on Monday, told court he kept no record of monies collected for Emefiele. Osazuwa disclosed this before a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja when he was re-cross-examined […]

The National Judicial Council has launched an official probe into judges of the federal and state high courts who have been involved in conflicting rulings related to the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State. The investigation was ordered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, during a meeting with the probe panel held […]

The Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, has decried the continued media reports suggesting that the state is challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Supreme Court. Ogungbade, in a statement on Monday, wondered why some sections of the media continued to include the state […]

The Akwa Ibom State Judiciary has announced that all courts in the state will be closed from Tuesday, October 29th through Thursday, October 31st, 2024. In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Uyo Branch, Elder Ini Ekpo, the Head of Administration for the Akwa Ibom State Judiciary, stated that […]

Police Inspector, Ozonwanji Joseph, implicated in the murder of Ogene musician, Chikezie Okezie Nwamba has been dismissed from Nigeria Police Force. Recall that the cop shot the popular musician, Igbo-Jah dead last Friday, drawing outrage. In a update provided by the police on Monday, it said the officer was found culpable and summarily dismissed. The […]

The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Faculty of Law has received a boost with the donation of a solar power system valued at N11 million by the LL.B Class of 1978. The solar facility, which includes a 10KVA inverter system, 6.6KW solar panels, and a 30KW lithium battery backup, is set to enhance power reliability for […]