The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has started its annual Law Week programme which began on 18 March as part of its efforts to celebrate the body of bar and bench and its contributions to national development. The week began with a Jumat Service for the Muslim faithful of the NBA, Read More…
United States border officials have been turning away asylum seekers from Nigeria, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico, sparking complaints of unfair treatment. The immigration officials at the Mexican border also denied emigrants from Russia entry into the U.S. Ukrainians who sought refuge in the US were however allowed to go into the U.S. Russians trying to Read More…
A women’s group, Nkata Ndi Inyom Igbo has joined the rising number of voices who have condemned the altercation on Friday, 18 March between former Anambra First Lady, Ebelechukwu Obiano and the widow of the ex-Biafran warlord, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu. The squabble which resulted in a physical slap to the face of Obiano by Ojukwu Read More…
First Togo, then Nigeria, Namibia, and South Africa A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in a multi-year project to provide cheaper access to users across the continent. The Equiano cable, the first of its Read More…
Offers university admission to stranded Nigerian students wishing to continue education In picture above: Nigerian Ambassador to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Belarus, Prof. Abdullahi Shehu and The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr Mikhail Bogdanov during a visit of the Nigerian diplomat in Moscow, Russia. Read More…
The Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has approved the cut-off marks for 2021/2022 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) for its National Diploma programme. The Deputy Registrar of the college, Mr Joe Ejiofor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Ejiofor said that the admission cut-off marks Read More…
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alabi, has assured residents of Lagos State of improved service delivery and respect for human rights in line with international best practices. This is contained in a statement issued by the state’s Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday in Lagos. Alabi said that his optimism Read More…
The project board of the Ikoyi collapsed building hid sensitive and import details, a report by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has said. According to Mr Tomide Akinnawo, Chief Engineer and COREN’s Head of Lagos Liaison Office, a COREN investigative panel noticed that the project board mounted at the site Read More…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted three million capsules of opioids at Jaelith Bonded Container Terminal under Tincan seaport in Apapa area of Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi , said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the seizure of 3million capsules of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol weighing Read More…
An Independent Investigation Panel sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22. The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Disu to do the needful to ensure that Kyari is produced before the Read More…