Omu-Aran Youths Block Highways To Protest Change From Band C To Band A Electricity Billing
Two masquerades led youths in Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State to protest over alleged outrageous billing and sudden movement of the community’s electricity billing regime from…
Nigerians Have No Business Being Poor With Country’s Resources, Says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians have no business being poor with the country’s vast resources. He said that the nation is abundantly blessed but is suffering from…
Only Consistent Efforts by Labour Unions, CSOs Can Solve Domestic Workers’ Challenges — Prof. Igbolo
A professor of sociology at the University of Abuja, Prof. Magdalene Igbolo, has said that only consistent efforts by the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and other Civil Society…
24-Year-Old Admits Defrauding University Of Missouri Of $49,000 Through Fake Academic Credentials
A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Mercy Ojedeji, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents in the United States. According to a statement released…
Agriculture Minister Rebuts North-East Lawmakers’ Claim Of Exclusion From $530m SAPZ Programme
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, on Saturday, dismissed the claim by the North-East Caucus of the National Assembly that the region was excluded from the…
Former Super Eagles Captain And Coach Christian Chukwu Dies At 74
Christian Chukwu, former captain and head coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, has passed away. He died in the early hours of Saturday at his residence…
Court Orders EFCC, Five Other Agencies To Halt Socialite Achimugu’s Arrest
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other respondents in a suit filed by socialite and businesswoman Aisha Achimugu to refrain from…
Chief Okutepa, SAN Calls Appointment Of Fourth Most Senior Judge As Imo Acting CJ ‘Sacrilegious Constitutional Misconduct’
*Says ‘No Governor Has Discretion’ in Appointing Acting Chief Judge, Slams Imo Selection” Renowned legal luminary Chief J.S. Okutepa, SAN, has issued a scathing rebuke of the recent appointment of…
Unconstitutional Rivers Sole Administrator Justifies LG Appointments, Cites Need To Address Governance Gaps
*Says Miscreants Using SSG’s Office To Issue Misleading Information The ‘Unconstitutional’ Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Étè Ibas (retd.), has explained his recent decision to appoint administrators for…
Lawyers Warn: Imo Judicial Appointment Sets Dangerous Precedent — ‘Governors Could Pick Chief Judges Like Personal Aides’”
A group of law experts in Abuja has faulted the manner Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State appointed the fourth most senior judge in the state’s Judiciary as the Acting…