archiveDecember 2021

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of Prof. Charles Soludo and Onyeka Ibezimthe, the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the last governorship election in Anambra State. The plaintiffs, Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka, were contending that...

  The trial of former Niger State governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and two others; Tanko Beji and Umar Nasko before Justice Mikail Aliyu of the Niger state High Court, Minna continued today, December 1, 2021 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting two more witnesses. The defendants are...

  JohnVents Industries Ltd., a N15 billion cocoa processing plant aimed at boosting employment in the country, has started operation in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The Managing Director of JohnVents Industry, Mr John Alamu, at a news conference in Akure on Wednesday, said that 100 people had already been...

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says funds for reconstruction of Umuahia-Ikwuano-Ikot Ekpene Road has been approved under the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Road Tax Credit Scheme. Fashola made this known in a letter addressed to Rep. Sam Onuigbo (APC-Abia)representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, made available...

  Dr Felix Ajiola of the University of Lagos has emerged the winner of the Rahamon Bello Best Thesis Award for 2021. The award was put together by the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos.Ajiola, whose PhD thesis is entitled: Cocoa Production and Rural Development in Idanre,...

  The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe; Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta are among those to be honoured at the fourth edition of the DAAR Awards. The 4th DAAR Awards scheduled to take place on Dec. 6, in Lagos, is organised by...

as Rite Foods’ Fearless Copyright case V NBC Predator continues The lawsuit against the Managing Director of Nigerian Bottling Company, Mr. Mathieu Seguin, on contempt of court and possible committal, has been set aside by Justice A.L Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, but his ruling on...

The eleventh prosecution witness, PW11, Joanne Tolulope, in the ongoing trial of a former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, told Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how Fayose’s associate, Abiodun Agbele, had bought properties worth N1.3 billion within four...

    The Senate on Wednesday amended the National Health Insurance Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) bill, 2021.   The amendment of the law followed the consideration of a motion for re-committal of some clauses by the Committee of the Whole.   The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), who sponsored...

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the State House, Abuja. President Ramaphosa, who is on a State Visit, inspected a guard of honour mounted by the Brigade of Guards of the Nigerian Army. The two Presidents are expected to address a joint press...