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No fewer than 100 sacked staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have dragged the apex bank to the National Industrial Court (NIC) seeking payment for damages. Recall that about 200 bank staff of the CBN were sacked, in May 2024, by its Governor, Olayemi Cardoso-led administration as part of the bank’s re-organization strategy. […]

As the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) prepares for its customary pre-Conference National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, an atmosphere of unease and apprehension hangs over the proceedings. The meeting, typically a two-agenda affair focused on ratifying actions taken by the Conference Planning Committee and introducing newly elected Branch Chairmen and Secretaries to the NEC, has taken […]

Nigeria has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Monkeypox (Mpox) from 830 suspected cases in the country, saying that no death has been recorded so far, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. Meanwhile, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of […]

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed has announced the rescue of a prospective corps member, Solomon Daniel Bassey, who was abducted on August 17, 2023. Bassey was the last of eight corps members rescued following their kidnap on August 17, 2023 by suspected terrorists on their way to […]

About two weeks after Nigerians rallied against the “Counter-Submersive Bill,” which has now been withdrawn, the Nigerian senate has returned another controversial bill. A law to repeal the 2015 Violence Against Persons Protection (VAPP) act originally introduced to end the widespread practice of gender-based violence in Nigeria has scaled its second reading in the Senate. […]

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, was assaulted today at the Supreme Court by unidentified thugs. The incident occurred shortly after the Supreme Court upheld the election of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress as the Governor of Kogi State. Recall that Ajaka had challenged the result […]

Commercial banks in Nigeria have started complying with the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja nullifying the requirement for lawyers to disclose their clients’ financial transactions to some law enforcement agencies. Justice Obiora Egwuatu had in July nullified the provisions of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) Act, 2022 which mandates […]

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has acknowledged the receipt of an additional N50 billion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government had injected N60 billion into the fund. Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the Director, Corporate Communications, NELFUND, announced this in a statement on […]

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Mrs Kemi Nanna Nandap, has ordered the dismantling of unauthorised roadblocks or checkpoints in border areas in the country. Nandap said the Service would depend more on the deployment of e-solutions and routine patrols to curtail illegal movements in and out of the country. The CG gave the […]

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has urged the newly sworn in Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Kudirata Kekere-Ekun, to engage in transformational judicial reforms. He noted that the reform has become urgent, noting that the last great reform in CJN was the Late Dahiru Musdapher. According to […]

In a major revelation from the blockbuster docu-series ‘Daniel vs Ekweremadu’, Channels TV’s UK correspondent, Juliana Olayinka has said that Evelyn ‘Ebere’ Agbasonu, an Igbo interpreter who allegedly asked for payment of £1500 to help coach the victim-survivor ‘Daniel’ to secure a private kidney transplant for Sonia Ekweremadu actually turned on her clients. The docu-series […]

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