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The Federal High Court has dismissed the election fraud case against Sarah Omega Ajijola due to lack of jurisdiction. The decision, announced on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, brings an end to a three-year legal battle and fully exonerates Sarah of any wrongdoing related to alleged election fraud. The case, initially filed in 2020, accused Sarah […]

The National Assembly on Tuesday passed proposed amendment to the Finance Act which seeks to impose 70% levy on Banks’ windfall forex profits in 2023. The passage of the Finance Act (amendment) Bill followed the consideration of the report of the Joint National Assembly Committees on Finance by both chambers during plenary. The report was […]

Fifty-eight of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term. The 58 member countries of the trade association made this known at a July 22 meeting of the WTO General Council, […]

The Chairman of Ibadan branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Ibrahim Lawal, yesterday lamented the harrowing condition under which judges work in Oyo State, saying it is not befitting. Lawal, who was speaking at a special valedictory court session in honour of Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte, said stress culminated in the ill-health of the […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the North West Development Commission Bill into law. The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, disclosed this to newsmen in his office at the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday night in Abuja. Senator Barau, who sponsored the bill, thanked the President for recognising the plight of the people […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Federal Government and its agencies for trying to abort the planned August 1 protest across the country. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the last election said it is also ironical that those who protested against the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 are […]

A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has cautioned the Federal Government against threatening the organisers of a planned nationwide protest over the harsh economic climate in the country. Social media has been rife with hashtags about the protest which is billed to happen next month. While the Federal Government and security agencies have cautioned against […]

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has expressed uncertainty regarding the current political affiliation of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Tony Okocha, the state caretaker committee chairman, told reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, July 23, that the former Rivers State governor has distanced himself from the APC. When asked […]

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has restrained the Department of State Service (DSS), police, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and seven others from stopping or disrupting the conduct of congresses for wards and local governments of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. The scheduled congresses are to elect […]

Youths in Kogi State on Tuesday warned those they described as agents of destabilisation and enemies of the State to steer clear of the Kogi Government House and desist from painting the wrong picture about the state to outsiders or face dire consequences. The warning is coming on the heels of rumours being spread that […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has raised alarm over the persistent economic sabotage that has undermined investor confidence in the petroleum sector, declaring that the Senate must identify and hold those accountable for the criminal acts. Akpabio made the declaration on Monday during the inauguration of the Senate ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged sabotage in the […]

Judy Austin’s ex-husband, Emmanuel Obasi, has claimed that the actress and her current husband, Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, began an affair while she was still married to him and living in his home. Mr. Obasi, who made the revelation in a video making the rounds online, also accused the actress of denying him access to […]