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Oil Rises Slightly Amidst Saudi Differential Pricing  Oil prices are little changed on Tuesday despite pledged cuts from members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) The market registered a minor increase amidst supply uncertainties. ICE Brent rose by 0.24% to $78.22 per barrel from the closing price of $78.03 a barrel […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has ordered all party members with pending intra-party litigations to immediately withdraw such cases. This directive was issued shortly after the NWC’s 578th meeting held at the party’s Nat Secretariat, in Abuja, on Tuesday. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, made […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is expected to spend N37.074 billion on salaries and allowances in the 2024 fiscal year. According to the document presented to the House Committee on Financial Crimes, chaired by Hon. Ginger Obinna during the 2023 budget performance and 2024 budget defence, the Commission is also expected to spend N4.247 […]

British Home Secretary James Cleverly signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday in an attempt to overcome a court decision to block the government’s controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to the East African country. The Rwanda plan is at the center of the government’s strategy to cut migration and is being watched closely […]

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a six-day outing in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he participated in the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (CoP28) and some other sidelines engagements. Tinubu, who departed Nigeria last Wednesday, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on return, at about 6:45pm. While in […]

Senator Adams Oshiomhole(Edo North) has decried the misappropriation of the contributory pension funds by Governors and the Federal Government, saying both parties were ignoring loans offered by commercial banks and going for the workers fund, owing to the very low interest rate. He said this was in breach of the concept establishing the contributory pension […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, arraigned a civil servant with the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Mr Suleiman Austin Adavize, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for allegedly signing off a contract that was not completed. The anti-graft agency, according to its spokesperson, Mrs […]

The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete F. Fabian-Obot, has invited all High Court judges in the state to attend a sensitization seminar on assets declaration forms organized by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). In a letter dated November 4th issued by the Acting Chief Registrar, Winifred M. Umohandi, judicial officers were […]

The Kano State Judiciary has announced that the High Court will be going on end of year vacation from December 18th, 2023 to January 8th, 2024. This was announced in a court notice issued by the Chief Registrar, Abdullahi Ado Bayero, on behalf of the Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Dije Abdu Aboki. The vacation is […]

*Draw Line Against Undermining of Constitutional Safeguards The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has written to the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the state’s Attorney General, Charles Titiloye, warning them against violating the constitution through local government caretaker appointments. NBA-SPIDEL expressed dismay over reports that Akeredolu recently […]

The alleged treason case filed by the Federal Government against a former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore was stalled on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja due to the absence of the judge. Sowore is standing trial before Justice Emeka Nwite on allegations of treasonable felony. The government had accused […]

Advertising Practices: Spanish Media Takes Meta to Court A group representing more than 80 media outlets in Spain filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, saying the Facebook and Instagram owner hadn’t complied with European data protection laws that require users’ consent before their data are used for advertising profiling. The Asociacion de Medios de Informacion […]