By Philomina Attah The Forum of Heads of Local Government Administration in Nigeria (FOHOLGAN), has called for the full implementation of financial autonomy for local governments areas in the country. FOHOLGAN’s National President, Alhaji Abdulrahman Marafa, made the call at […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– Trial Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered security agents to bundle the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, out of the courtroom, after he […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the series of violent attacks that happened in the country on Monday, calling for immediate and decisive government action to halt what it described as the “growing culture of brazen violence” across Nigeria. In a […]
Forty-four members of the House of Representatives have written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appealing for the release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from custody. The lawmakers under the umbrella of concerned federal […]
A UK-based Nigerian doctor Richard Akinrolabu has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court after defrauding the NHS of over £268,000 by working shifts while on sick leave. Akinrolabu had previously pleaded guilty to all four counts […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, yesterday launched the Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD), an initiative that aims to deepen the democratic process in Africa. Tuggar blamed the recent unconstitutional change of governments in some African states on structural […]
By Babajide Komolafe President Bola Tinubu’s bold tax reform initiatives are central to Nigeria’s strategy for economic resilience, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FRSC, has said. Speaking at the maiden lecture series of the […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said yesterday that financial autonomy for the Judiciary would guarantee its independence and bolster its capacity to deliver on its constitutional mandate. She argued that ‘’without genuine financial autonomy, judicial independence would remain […]
By Dayo Johnson The Police has cleared the Executive Chairman of Ado Local Government, Engineer Oche Sunday Oche, of allegations of criminal activity levelled against him by the Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lami Danladi […]
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered a suspected drug dealer, Oluwatobi Salako to be remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly trafficking 138.6kg of cannabis sativa, a narcotic substance. Justice Nkeonye Maha ordered Salako to be remanded […]