By Farooq A. Kperogi In what irreverently humorous social media denizens are calling the battle between the “social media president” and the “Temu lawyer” (unflattering epithets to suggest that Peter Obi rules the Nigerian social media space while Deji Adeyanju […]
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The Police command in Adamawa has arrested 29-year-old Isiaka Hassan for alleged culpable homicide in Tingno, Lamurde Local Government Area. Suleiman Nguroje, the command spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. He said the command received a report […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s leading rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has issued a blistering call to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, demanding the immediate reversal of what it describes as an “arbitrary, unlawful and unjustifiable” hike in […]
The Lagos State Judiciary, in partnership with the Law Hub Development and Advocacy Centre (Law Hub), will launch the Lagos State Judiciary Non-Custodial Sentencing Practice Direction 2025 on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. The event will take place […]
The Lagos State Judiciary, in partnership with the Law Hub Development and Advocacy Centre (Law Hub), will on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, launch the Lagos State Judiciary Non-Custodial Sentencing Practice Direction 2025. The launch, scheduled for Providence Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, […]
Our friend, Barr. Afamefuna O. Okeke, turns 52 today. He belongs to that rare fellowship of men who seem to have humanity etched into their very DNA – men who remind us, through the quiet eloquence of their lives, that […]
By Funmilayo Okunade An 18-year-old boy identified as Solomon Sunday has been remanded at a correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s two-year-old daughter. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of defilement. The […]
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Two brothers identified as Teddy Ovbokhan Hart and Rooney Odion Hart were among 12 suspects convicted and jailed for internet fraud on Thursday in Benin after they pleaded guilty to separate one-count charge, bordering on advance fee […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday sealed an illegal herbal medicine production facility in Kaduna State. The affected facility, known as SHIFA’UNNUR, is located in Mararaba Jos, Igabi Local Government Area of the […]
Our topic, “Citizens’ Rights and Security Concerns”, invites us to widen the lens through which we understand both rights and securiy. Too often, security is reduced to the absence of physical danger -an agenda of soldiers, police, fences, and gates. […]