Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday signed the Anti-Kidnapping Law, which prescribes death penalty for kidnappers.He also signed the Lagos State Sports Commission and Lagos State Sports Trust Fund into law.Speaking shortly after the ceremony at the Lagos House Alausa, […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered that Shamsudeen Bala, son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed, be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja.Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who gave the order on Wednesday, said […]
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, yesterday said corruption is mother of all crimes and must be fought to a standstill.He said the anti-graft war will be premised on the rule of law and […]
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo (right); Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas and Commandant, National Defence College, Real Admiral Samuel Ilesanmi Alade; during Osinbajo’s arrival at the college for the public presentation on “Harmonised standard operating procedures […]
By kingsley Omonobi & Chioma Ohanuba Abuja—The Police at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday disclosed that four members of the notorious kidnapping gang who abducted five students and three members of staff of the Turkish School, Isheri have been arrested […]
Britain’s High Court ruled on Thursday that oil major Royal Dutch Shell cannot be sued in London courts over Nigeria oil spill allegations.If the High Court had ruled in favor of the two groups, other claimants against British-based multinationals could […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday seized a property belonging to a former Assistant Director (Finance and Account), of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Mahmud Deji Sambo.Sambo is facing trial with Musti Bukar for allegedly […]
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is set to review the rules guiding the conduct of its members in the discharge of their professional duties.Its General Secretary, Mr. Isiaka Olagunju, who said this in a statement in Ibadan, added that […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Senegalese presidency on January 20, 2017, shows a motorcade with a car bearing the Gambian flag entering the presidential palace in Souar. Regional leaders held 11th-hour talks with Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh to […]
Adama Barrow and Yahya Jammeh The military operation was suspended to allow a final diplomatic push to convince Jammeh, who has ruled the former British colony since seizing power in a 1994 coup, to leave the country. “We have suspended […]