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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa as the new director-general of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). The appointment takes effect on Wednesday, July 24. Professor Obafunwa succeeds Professor Babatunde Salako, whose tenure expires on Tuesday, July 23. In a statement issued by his special adviser on media and publicity, Ajuri […]

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Monday, affirmed the conviction of the dethroned traditional ruler of Shangisha in Magodo, Mutiu Ogundare, for faking his own abduction. The court, however, reduced Mr Ogundare’s sentence to 12 years from the 15 years initially handed down by the lower court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]

Hashiru Baku, alleged mastermind of the murder of late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere (rtd), has been arrested by the police. Recall how the general was killed by armed robbers who invaded his private residence at Sunshine Estate, Abuja, in the wee hours of June 21. Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh, had paraded […]

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called for a direct flight from Nigeria to Canada following the increasing number of Nigerians who reside in Canada. He stated this on Monday, July 22, in Abuja when the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jamie Christoff, paid him a courtesy call. The minister, who stated […]

A human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has dragged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to the Supreme Court seeking an order to restrain the government of Lagos State from imposing movement restrictions on Lagosians during the planned monthly environmental sanitation exercise. In a Motion on Notice filed at the registry of the Supreme Court […]

Some consumers of confectionaries in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, have stopped buying bread, meat pies and other pastries, due to continuous hike in price of the commodities. The consumers spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. They said that the increasing cost of food commodity […]

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources [Oil], Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has convened a high-level meeting with key stakeholders to address and resolve the ongoing issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) recently accused the refinery of churning out inferior products. Responding, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, President Aliko Dangote […]

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has announced the suspension of its 82-day strike with immediate effect. Chairperson of ASUU, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, announced the suspension of the strike at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, short after the congress held by the union. Ugoh hinged the suspension of the […]

The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has declined to shut down all expenditures of Governor Siminalay Fubara of Rivers State pending the hearing and determination of a substantive suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly. Instead, Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, ordered the […]

Former President Barack Obama on Sunday praised President Joe Biden’s move to drop out of the race for president, calling his former vice president “a patriot of the highest order.” “Joe understands better than anyone the stakes in this election — how everything he has fought for throughout his life, and everything that the Democratic […]

In a significant milestone for Nigeria’s legal sector, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), along with three other eminent arbitrators, has been elected to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands. Maikyau, one of Nigeria’s leading arbitrators, was appointed to this prestigious international […]

Former President Donald Trump swiftly reacted to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election, saying his former opponent was “not fit to run.” Trump issued his statement on Truth Social, writing, “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was!” He continued, […]