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A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Bilikisu Bala on Monday, September 30, 2024, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional Service that charges of money laundering dropped in the trial of Idris Okuneye (a.k.a Bobrisky) […]

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has charged Nigerians to learn to protest in demand for their rights as government has taken them for granted for too long. Ajaero said this in the Congress’s message to mark Nigeria’s 64th independence. Authored by himself, the message reads in part reads, “On the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 30, 2024, arraigned former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja for fraud. Both are […]

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said that more than 40% of Nigerians now enjoy over 20 hours of electricity daily. He said this in a statement on Sunday detailing a review of the Ministry of Power’s activities over the past year. Adelabu emphasized that these achievements are part of the government’s broader effort […]

In what could pass for a direct response to an avalanche of attacks on his person most recently, the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed that he would never give away his kidney or liver just to be loyal to anybody. “As a matter of fact, I belong to that school of thought that […]

A Lagos-based law firm has filed a lawsuit requesting the court to restrain the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, and a private individual, Gbenga Osho, from further harassing and intimidating a female lawyer, Bolanle Kikelomo Akande. The legal practitioner, Bolanle […]

Senator Representing Southern Borno, Ali Ndume, says former President Goodluck Jonathan was able to flush the Boko Haram insurgents out in the last minutes of his administration through the services of Private Military Consultant (PMC). Ndume reminisced the success story while interacting with journalists on the sidelines of the just concluded 10th Senate retreat of […]

The State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has issued an order mandating the state’s Independent Electoral Commission (RISIEC), the state government and Governor Siminialayi Fubara to conduct the October 5 local government elections in the state. The order was made in a suit filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) against RISIEC, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced its decision to challenge the outcome of the recent Edo State governorship election in court, citing irregularities and a compromised electoral process. Speaking to the Nigerian Tribune Not TheNigeriaLawyer, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, affirmed that the PDP is committed to upholding the rule of law […]

The Lagos State Government has maintained that the court directive restricting protest to two designated venues in Lagos still stands. The state reiterated this as organisers gear up for the upcoming October 1, 2024 protest in Lagos and other states. Advising organisers to avoid disrupting social and economic activities in the state, the state Attorney […]

Nigerian crossdresser and social media personality, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has demanded ₦1 billion from Martins Vincent Otse, commonly known as VeryDarkMan, accusing him of defamation through an audio clip. The lawsuit, announced via Bobrisky’s Instagram account on Sunday, claims that VeryDarkMan released an AI-generated audio recording that falsely implicated Bobrisky in illicit […]

The UK government has announced new rules that will allow foreign nationals who have lost a British partner and are facing financial hardship to apply for a fee waiver when seeking settlement in the country. Currently, individuals applying for settlement after the death of a partner must pay a substantial fee of £2,885, regardless of […]