Tuesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a certificate forgery case brought by the Action Alliance (AA) against Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s presidential candidate (APC). In a ruling, Justice Obiora Egwuatu stated that the lawsuit brought by AA was prohibited by statute of limitations since it had not been filed within Read More…
When strange things happen repeatedly and the abnormal begins to wear the toga of normalcy, it is time to raise the alarm. Aside from informing, educating, and entertaining us, the media also help society set its agenda and fulfil a much-needed surveillance function to keep society inviolate. In our politics, the lines between fiction and Read More…
Because the impact of public funding distributed to several states from the centre is scarcely seen in rural areas, where a significant portion of Nigerians who live in poverty reside, state governments have a significant role to play in eliminating multidimensional poverty in their respective jurisdictions. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju Read More…
The National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, located in Okota, Isolo, Lagos State, has been approved for second reading by the House of Representatives. The bill’s passing will make courses in entrepreneurship, innovation, and development studies available to Nigerians in general as well as the residents of Okota and Isolo in Lagos State and its Read More…
The newly-installed protem National Exco of the Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) congratulated the Body of Benchers (BoB) and all newly admitted attorneys to the Nigerian Bar on Wednesday. At the BoB conference hall in Abuja on December 6 (yesterday), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), the chairman of the BoB, called 4,711 recent law graduates to Read More…
The new Second Niger Bridge, according to Mr. Jimoh Olawale, Federal Controller of Works in Delta, will open to traffic on December 15. However, Olawale stated that the bridge would only be available for 30 days in an interview with Newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. He stated that Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works, ordered Read More…
If elected in February, the Labour Party (LP) contender for Nigeria’s presidency, Peter Obi, would reform the country’s expensive subsidy system and unify the numerous exchange rates of the local naira currency, according to his manifesto unveiled on Sunday. Nigeria has various exchange rates, allowing certain corporations to obtain dollars at a low cost while Read More…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) restored the once-embattled train service between the capital Abuja and Kaduna on Monday, which had been stopped since March when gunmen killed passengers and abducted dozens. Northern Nigeria has been besieged by armed gangs that have targetted villages and highways and kidnapped people for ransom, as well as a long-running Read More…
A British attorney for Nigeria in a lawsuit in London’s courts where $11 billion is at risk predicted on Friday that the trial will expose “on an industrial scale” corruption among British attorneys as well as Nigerian authorities. The dispute is related to a contract for a gas project that Nigeria gave to Process and Read More…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declares that the commission will continue to purge the voter’s list to prevent minors and ineligible voters from casting ballots. At a Friday interactive session with journalists in Lagos, Yakubu revealed this. “We are making efforts to make sure we eradicate underage voting and also Read More…
