Month: January 2020

A Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityoyiman, Friday refused to grant the application filed by National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Adams Oshiomhole for stay of proceedings in the N10 billion libel suit instituted against […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday asserted that the Finance Act 2020 would stimulate the Nigerian economy and put the country on the path of geometric economic growth. Osinbajo made the assertion at the Inspiration Conference 2020 of the Redeemer’s Men […]

The 16th Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture/Symposium, hosted by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja held on the 15th January, 2020 at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State At the event, Deacon Dele Adesina, SAN described the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi as […]

With increasing calls for the reversal of the Supreme Court judgment on Imo State governorship election, ONYEDIKA AGBEDO writes that based on precedent, the apex court would likely stick to its decision when formally approached by the aggrieved party. The […]

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday foreclosed the possibility of devaluing the naira, saying it has sufficient foreign reserves to meet all its obligations without recourse to hurting Nigeria’s currency. CBN Governor, Mr […]

Khalid Aliyu, the EFCC prosecution witness (PW5) in the ongoing trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), on Friday, disclosed that the PRTT rejected an N2 billion bribe from the accused persons in the police pension […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Zacchaeus Atte, a former commissioner for agriculture in Kogi State. ICPC spokesperson Rasheedat Okoduwa said Atte was convicted on corruption charges by a Kogi State […]

The police on Friday said the death of popular Lagos-based traditional medicine practitioner Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun could be linked to an ongoing fraud issue in his Lagos office. “An interesting twist to the story was that […]