Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, acknowledged that a few judges are tarnishing the reputation of the Nigerian judiciary, but emphasized that the majority are upright and courageous. She made this statement at a public discourse on ‘Ethics, Morality And The Law’, organized by the Movement for Islamic Culture and Awareness (MICA) ¹. Kekere-Ekun highlighted…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which will focus on the current situation in the Middle East. This was stated in a press release issued on Saturday by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy. The statement…
Former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Chapter, Mr Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has been elected the new National President of the Union. The sole candidate in the election was Akinsanya. The election took place on Saturday at the Union’s Zonal Secretariat along the Osogbo/Ikirun road ….
Franklin Nwadialo, the newly elected chairperson of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east, has been arrested in the US. Mr Nwadialo, 40, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on his arrival at an airport in Texas on Saturday, the US Department of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday….
An independent panel established by the National Human Rights Commission has exonerated the Nigerian military from allegations of conducting forced abortions on thousands of women in the north-east region. In response to serious allegations raised in a Reuters investigation, the National Human Rights Commission, an independent agency appointed by the Nigerian government, convened a special…
The Federal Government has opposed a Senate bill recommending support to create the Nigeria Mines Rangers Service to combat illegal mining, arguing that such a move would duplicate efforts and potentially disrupt the work of existing security agencies. The FG’s position was voiced during a public hearing on the bill, sponsored by Onawo Ogoshi,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reaffirm unwavering support for Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on threat to embark on a nationwide strike over the alleged use of military personnel to eject workers from the Oritsetimeyin oil rig. NLC President, Joe Ajaero condemned the allegation against the military by the oil…
An Abuja High Court has dismissed a criminal summons issued on September 12 by a magistrate’s court against Senator Monday Okpebholo over alleged certificate forgery. The ruling was delivered on Friday by Justice Charles Agbaza, who declared that the proceedings before Magistrate Abubakar Mukhtar of the Wuse Magistrate Court were void, citing jurisdictional overreach and…
Residents of Jigawa State have expressed frustration and anger after widespread disconnections by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) despite a federal directive to waive billing during recent blackouts caused by multiple national grid collapses. The directive by the Minister of Power exempted customers affected by prolonged blackouts from bills for that period. However, KEDCO…
No fewer than 704 students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have filed a petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Sokoto zonal office, requesting an investigation into the alleged diversion of their tuition fees by the Special Adviser on Students’ Matters to the state governor, Abubakar Muhammad Salame. The students, who are indigenes of…
