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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has assured that the Judiciary is in support of efforts to address terrorism and atrocious crimes in the country. Justice Kekere-Ekun said the Judiciary was committed to ensuring justice, accountability and national unity in […]
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , has arraigned the director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting […]
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned in strongest terms the senseless massacre of over 200 persons in Yelewata and Daudu communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, decrying the cold indifference of federal and state authorities […]
On behalf of the West African Bar Association (WABA), I warmly congratulate our Mr. Femi Falana SAN (Founding President, WABA), on the well-deserved conferment of the National Honor of the Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) upon him by […]
By Dapo Akinrefon, James Ogunnaike, Dickson Omobola & Henry Obetta LAGOS —LEKAN Abiola, one of the children of the late Moshood Kashimawo, MKO, Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, elections, yesterday, disclosed that former military president, General Ibrahim […]