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The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has described the National Assembly’s alteration of the Police Act 2020 to extend the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, beyond his September 2024 retirement date as an act of bad faith, intended to serve selfish and political agenda rather than the best interests […]

Associate Professor of Law, Dr Sam Amadi, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has called for a retooling of legal scholarship in Nigeria, particularly in light of the recent Bar elections where Mazi Afam Osigwe emerged as President. While speaking on Arise TV, Dr Amadi highlighted the decline in the Nigerian […]

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers “our enemies are your enemies” in a landmark speech to Congress intended to rally support for the war in Gaza, but marked by protests inside and outside the Capitol. Netanyahu praised the United States and proposed an “Abraham Alliance” between Israel and Arab states to combat Iran and […]

The Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Tuesday, accusing Vice President Harris’s campaign of improperly taking over President Biden’s campaign funds when he left the race Monday. The complaint, reported by The New York Times, came after the Biden campaign account changed its name to “Harris for President” on […]

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has given over 91,000 dormant companies a 90-day grace period to file all their outstanding annual returns or risk being delisted from its register. These affected companies are those that have not filed annual returns for a period of ten years. This was disclosed by the CAC in a statement […]

Banks have been borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to purchase foreign exchange (FX), a practice that has intensified pressure on the Naira and inflation, according to Bismarck Rewane, managing director/CEO of Financial Derivatives Company Limited. Rewane highlighted that the CBN’s recent decision to adjust the asymmetric corridor around the Monetary Policy Rate […]

…says proposed protests not built to end in peace Former spokesman to Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2023 Presidential election, Daniel Bwala has prevailed on those planning nationwide protests beginning from August 1st to reconsider their plans because President Bola Tinubu has a full grasp of the […]

The All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday, called on parents to watch the movement of their children to prevent them from being recruited for violence ahead of the nationwide planned protest. The warning comes in the wake of Tuesday’s threat by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, that security operatives wouldn’t hesitate to make arrests […]

In a major breakthrough, operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested the overall head of the Mushin, Lagos drug cartel, Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh (alias Olowoidiogede, populary known as Temo. The 57-year-old drug baron who has been on the run for many years was arrested at his hideout in Lagos after an initial […]

President Bola Tinubu has signed into law two significant bills aimed at accelerating development across the North-West and South-East geo-political zones of the country. The North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023, will facilitate reconstruction, rehabilitation, and tackling of environmental and development challenges in the respective regions. According […]

U.S. rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was further implicated in new court documents that claimed he paid $1 million to have Tupac Shakur assassinated in 1996. Mr Combs’ name appeared in the records over 75 times. Key suspect Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, who was apprehended in Tupac’s murder probe last year, said Diddy had funded his […]

A fresh crisis seems to be unfolding in Rivers State as supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday reported harassment and intimidation in parts of the state. Over the weekend, a group of individuals loyal to Governor Fubara were reportedly harassed and chased away from a location in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area, where they […]