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*Says Kogi Judge’s Decision Was A Scandal The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, overturned the decision of a Kogi State High Court which purported to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting former Kogi State Governor Mr. Yahaya Bello on an N80 billion money laundering charge. The three-man panel of […]

The British Army has announced that it is opening recruitment to Commonwealth citizens, including Nigerians, starting today, August 19, 2024. The application window will remain open until August 26, 2024. Applications are being invited for specific roles including musician, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Royal Engineers Technician and Tradesman, and paratrooper. This recruitment phase aims […]

Mojisola Awesu, a student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, has been found dead. The 21-year-old who had been declared missing since August 9, 2024, was found lifeless at a refuse site in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The state police command confirmed the incident on Tuesday. Providing details, […]

The federal government has inaugurated a 10-man inter-ministerial committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria. It would be recalled that the Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Thursday, July 11, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations, adding that […]

Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for setting up a reconciliation committee, arguing that the party needs a probe panel to investigate members involved in anti-party activities. In an open letter addressed to Amb. Umar Illiya Damagum, the PDP acting national chairman on Tuesday, August 20, Clark emphasised the […]

Justice Benjamin Iheka of the High Court of Imo State has restrained eight parties, including the Imo State Government and Founder of Zion Gate Ministries, Chukwuebuka Obi, from building on a parcel of land allocated to Chelsea Group Limited, contrary to the Public Private Partnership agreement. In the court order the Judge specifically ordered that […]

Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN, OFR, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), has written to Mr. Hussani Ishaq Magaji SAN, the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), demanding an apology and retraction for a misleading public notice published by the CAC on August 6, 2024. The public […]

In a move reminiscent of the P&ID dispute, Chinese company Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited is attempting to confiscate a £20 million judgement cost awarded to Nigeria by a UK appeal court last month. The company had previously secured a court judgement in France to seize two Nigerian presidential planes and is now targeting […]

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has dissociated himself from the viral poster indicating his presidential ambition ahead of the 2027 election. The poster, which has the image of the former Kano governor as the APC presidential candidate and Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as his running mate, was […]

President Bola Tinubu will travel to France on Monday, the presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said Tinubu would return to the country after his stay in the European nation. “President Bola Tinubu will embark on a trip […]

The Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), a prominent human rights and pro-democracy organization in Nigeria, has called for a solidarity gathering at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday to demand the immediate release of #EndBadGovernance protesters who are facing charges. In a statement released on their X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday, TIB announced that […]

Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Chief Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has asserted that the interim seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets in France cannot withstand legal scrutiny, as Nigeria, being a sovereign nation, is immune from civil liability and jurisdiction of foreign courts. Agbakoba, argued that the Federal Government has a strong case for recovering […]