archiveDecember 2024

The Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital is set for the case between Afe Babalola (SAN) and a Lagos-based human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi. Farotimi, who was arrested in Lagos last Tuesday by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, is facing a 16-count charge of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged banks to strengthen their corporate governance principles and risk management framework to enhance investors' confidence in the ongoing recapitalisation exercise. Speaking at the just concluded yearly workshop of the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) held in Lagos at the weekend,...

Nigeria's Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, will chair the 2024 conference of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute, scheduled to hold on Wednesday in Abuja, organisers said. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by Ahmed I. Shekarau, the Secretary of IPI Nigeria. The...

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has emphasized that the fight against corruption in Nigeria must start with accountability at the highest levels of leadership. Speaking on Sunday 8, December 2024, via a virtual session titled “Boiling Point Arena”hosted by a private radio station in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where Obasanjo...

The South-East Caucus in the Senate has declared its stance on the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly. In a statement released on Monday, the caucus announced its position after a closed-door meeting of senators from the five South-East states. According to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the leader of...

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Thursday, November 28, 2024 convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil and two others to five years imprisonment each. Wakil who is the Chief Executive Officer,  CEO,  Complete Care and Aid Foundation (NGO) alongside Programme Manager Tahiru Saidu Daura and...

Dele Farotimi, a prominent human rights lawyer, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court.  The bail was set at ₦50 million, with the condition that a surety must provide the same amount and own a landed property. The court has adjourned the case to January 29, 2025, for further...

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, Nigeria has congratulated the newly elected president of Ghana, John Mahama, describing him as “a true democrat and a genuine friend of Nigeria” Governor Adeleke in a statement on Monday said since his path crossed that of the new Ghanaian leader, “we have been...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to increasing food security and infrastructure development from its current 18% to over 50% during a working visit to the Lagos Central Food Security Systems and Logistics Park known as LHP in Ketu, Ereyun in Epe. This transformative project, championed...

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has described the threat made by Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru towards workers protesting the non-implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage as irresponsible. In a statement in Abuja, Ajaero expressed dismay at the governor’s actions. Governor Nwifuru had threatened to...