The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution will on July 4 and 5 hold a two-day zonal public hearing in the country’s six geo-political zones. The hearing is to gather citizens’ inputs on the proposed amendments. The […]
The Lagos State Environmental Taskforce on Friday intensified its clean-up enforcement drive in Agege, arresting 84 individuals suspected of various offences during a coordinated raid. According to a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water […]
Kanu is facing an eight-count charge of terrorism filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The 5th witness, Mr EEE, is an officer of the DSS in Abuja. He said he knew Mr Kanu through the mass Media but […]
Two self-proclaimed Islamic clerics have been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly duping a medical doctor of the sum of N280m under the guise of performing spiritual prayers on the money. The defendants, Saheed Atanda Aremu, […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a man Olukeye Adeayo Olalekan to a total of 76 years imprisonment for child pornography, cyberstalking, money laundering, and fraud. Justice Alexander Owoeye, on Thursday, handed down the sentencing […]
Two estate agents, Adeola Ojo, 49, and Abiodun Akinlabi, 48, were on Wednesday arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly defrauding several accommodation seekers of N7.6m. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not stated, are facing three […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of the Oko-Oba Abattoir in Agege over what it described as appalling hygienic conditions and flagrant violations of environmental laws. The directive was issued during an unscheduled inspection […]
Justice Chizoba Orji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday granted Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, a ₦50m bail after she pleaded not guilty for alleged defamation. The female lawmaker was granted bail with one surety, who […]
A Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, presided over by Justice Peace Otti, has sentenced a 34-year-old schoolteacher to 12 years imprisonment for defiling his 11-year-old male JSS 1 student. The defendant, Pascal Ofomata, was charged […]
Ahead of next month’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting, a new research note by Renaissance Capital has revealed that Nigeria’s banking sector is facing a severe liquidity crunch following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to impose a 50 per cent […]