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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested over 70 young people after accusing them of organising a gay wedding in Gombe state, a security spokesman said on Monday, in the latest raid on the LGBTQ community. Same-sex marriage is illegal in Nigeria under a 2014 law. Personnel...

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday finally emerged victorious in its legal case against Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited in a United Kingdom (UK) court. After over five years of legal tussle, judgment was delivered in favour of Nigeria, which has now halted the enforcement of the $11...

“Preliminary investigation showed that the alleged attack (on Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State) was a result of altercation between the military personnel at a checkpoint and the governor’s motorcade. “Investigation revealed that the crisis followed the refusal of the governor’s motorcade to stop at the military checkpoint.” This is...

  The Federal Government (FG) on Monday announced a N1 billion partnership between the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMoCDE) and IHS Towers to establish the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) Learning Community. The Minister of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, while announcing the...

  The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on Peter Obi’s appeal seeking to invalidate President Bola Tinubu’s election. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court headed by John Okoro made the announcement after taking arguments from lawyers to the parties on Monday. “This appeal is reserved for judgment until a...

  The Atiku Media Team has challenged President Bola Tinubu and his team to stop chasing shadows, spare Nigeria’s image further damage by coming clean on the myriad of controversies surrounding his “life of forgeries.” A team of Atiku’s aides gave this challenge at a Press Conference, in Abuja, on...

  Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to review his plan for the payment of N500 million in fines imposed on not less than 4,000 convicts by various courts. Falana made this known in a statement on...

Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) Prof Wahab Egbewole (SAN) has revealed that the institution has received a sum of N954.7 million from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). He said the fund is for the year 2023 and it is to cover eleven specific areas. Egbewole said...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.42 per cent to close the week at 66,915.41 and N36.764 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Premium, NGX Banking, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div. Yield, NGX MERI Value and...

  Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) has called on security agencies to fish out and prosecute herders who allegedly attacked farmers in Iwere-Ile, Oyo State and some communities in Ogun State recently. Igboho in a statement on Sunday said farmers in Yoruba land, and in any...