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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said he deliberately avoided meddling in the selection of leaders for the National Assembly since he came into power in 2015. Buhari noted that he believed in the independence of the parliament. The President made the comment at a time when there is controversy over the composition of

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, ordered the dissolution of the state’s Task Force on Waste Management. The Chairman, Transition and Inauguration Committee, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, said the dissolution was with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Gideon

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered 27 commercial banks in the country to place post-no-debit on the accounts of a tourism outfit, ‘La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort’, over an alleged N46, 798, 095.94. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order of mareva injunction on May 17,  while ruling on an ex parte motion marked

The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, imposed the sum of N40m fine on an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Abrose Owuru, for filing a frivolous suit which he had sought to prevent the May 29, inauguration of the President-elect Bola Tinubu. A three-man panel of the court, led by Justice Jamil Tukur, unanimously held that

The Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School, Yaba, Education District IV of Lagos State, will be representing Nigeria at an international competition in Sweden. A statement by the school explained that two students of the school, Abdul-Salam Hajarah, and Korolo Elisabeth won the Nigeria Stockholm Water Prize Competition, which was held on May 18, 2023, at

SONY Music is partnering with the Women at Risk International Foundation to empower senior secondary school girls between the ages of 13-16 years with knowledge and skills on how to combat sexual and gender-based violence. A statement by the organisation said through the WARIF Educational School Programme, it would be implemented in five senior secondary

The Niger Delta Development Commission has commended the House of Representatives for passing the N876bn of the commission for the 2023 financial year. Speaking in an interview at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, noted that the approval of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, followed

United Bank for Africa Plc has announced that all its African subsidiaries are now on firm footing as they have been contributing maximally to the group’s profit margin. Specifically, the bank’s African operations have contributed close to 50% of the group’s earnings, leveraging on digital offerings and products across the board to gain large market

A new digital platform has been launched to provide investors with the necessary tools and information to make wiser investment choices. Named Moneycounsellors.com, the platform aims to empower investors with data, analysis, and expert insights on pension and mutual funds, ultimately enabling them to invest and save with confidence. During a press briefing in Lagos,

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, Prof. Jummai Audi, have said the Capital Gains Tax Act, Cap. C1 LFN, 2004 has some shortcomings that need to be addressed. They disclosed this at the workshop on the Reform of Tax

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Thursday, announced the renewal of the Oil Mining Lease 130 Production Sharing Contract and conversion of the acreage to a Petroleum Mining Lease in accordance with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act  2021. In a ceremony at the NNPCL towers, presided over by the Permanent Secretary, Federal

Data from the Home Office of the United Kingdom on Thursday revealed that 66,796 dependant visas were issued to families of Nigerian students who obtained study visas from March 2022 to March 2023. This is a 146.1 per cent increase from the 27,137 dependants who migrated to the UK from March 2021 to  March 2022.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed worry that Nigerians relate as friends while outside the country but act like enemies when in the country. He noted that Nigerians in the diaspora are making the country proud in their different areas of endeavour. The former president spoke at an evening reception held in New Brunswick, New

Traditional religion adherents, on Thursday, called for the adoption of Ogun, the god of iron, to swear in all elective and appointed office holders in Nigeria rather than Bible and Qur’an in order to curb the misappropriation of public funds. They made this call during a press conference held at Osemeji Temple in Ibadan, Oyo

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Thursday, swore in 39 additional judges to hear the petitions that emanated from the February 15 and March 18 general elections across the country. The 39 judges join the 307 judicial officers earlier assigned the task, bringing the number to 346. The CJN, during the ceremony

A former United States Marine, Donn Perkins, was on Thursday arraigned by the Nigerian Customs Service before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over the alleged unlawful importation of firearms into the country. The American was arraigned on a four-count offence before Justice Abimbola Awogboro. The prosecutor, Mrs Kehinde Bode-Ayeni, told the court that

The Benue State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed the controversial executive pension bill, initiated by outgoing Governor Samuel Ortom. The bill, among others,  provides for ex-governors of the state a permanent residential accommodation in any place of their choice in the country,  four new cars every four years and two new cars every four

The Federal Government, on Thursday, flagged off the construction and dualisation of the Akure-Ado Ekiti Expressway in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The road, which is about 49km long, had been in a deplorable condition for many years and had consequently been abandoned by many motorists. At the flag-off ceremony, the Minister for Works and

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has filed a lawsuit against the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, over the alleged extrajudicial killing of a policeman, Inspector Orukpe Monday, by armed personnel of the Nigerian Army in August 2022. According to Falana, the policeman was killed at the Trade

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,  Ahmed Audi, on Thursday, threatened to prosecute unlicensed guards and the private guards’ companies they are working for. The NSCDC CG stated this while handing over licences to 44 PGCs in Abuja. Audi instructed that all licensed PGCs must operate within the required standard in order

The Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Health Care Professional Association have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike. The National Vice President of JOHESU, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, said this at a press briefing held in Abuja on Thursday. JOHESU is the umbrella body of health workers’ unions and associations, including

Ten months after the attack on the Kuje medium custodial centre in the Federal Capital Territory, over 400 fleeing inmates are yet to be recaptured. The names, images, and prison identification numbers of the fleeing inmates who were declared wanted were sighted by our correspondent on Thursday on the Nigerian Correctional Service’s website. On the

The Nigeria Police Force has completed a three-day induction course wherein officers appointed as Chief Security Officers, Aide-de-Camps, and orderlies to newly-elected states governors and other Very Important Persons were trained in their duties and responsibilities while carrying out protective services in their different postings. The training was completed on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kano, Sabo Inuwa, has described the alleged move by the presidential candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, to join APC as a positive development. However, Inuwa said the APC would have to be cautious in admitting  Kwankwaso, because if the situation is not well

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, unveiled the Ikosi International Model Market Phase 3 and the Ikosi International Fruits Market Phase 2 in Ketu, Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area of the state. In his speech while unveiling the rehabilitation of the markets, Sanwo-Olu commended the Chairperson of the LCDA, Semiat Bada, “for her