Year: 2023
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Tinubu’s Paperless Box And COP28 Mandate
By Stephen Angbulu Back in primary four, my Social Studies teacher, Aunty Toyin, told us a story about a little girl who got punished by her father for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper he had saved for Christmas presents. Let’s call her Aimee. Times were hard. Finances were tight. And many families were…
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Alleged failed surgery: Court to deliver judgment in case against Adepoju Jan. 23
By NAN A Federal High Court in Lagos to delay judgment on Jan. 23, 2024 in the case of alleged failed surgery filed against a Lagos Surgeon, Anuoluwapo Adepoju. The case was earlier scheduled for adoption of addresses, on Monday, but the court did not sit. No counsel in the matter was in court. It…
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Campaign Of Calumny Against Pipeline Protection Contract
By Federal Ebiaridor In the twilight of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the theft of the nation’s oil resources had assumed a suffocating dimension. The effect of the daily theft of barrels of crude oil on Nigeria’s economy made the reality frighteningly stark in the extreme. The then Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva,…
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State Govts Should Let LGs Breathe
By Sheriffdeen Tella The state governments have a way of suffocating the third tier of government, the local government. Of course, that is not unexpected as the local government chairmen and other officials are handpicked by the state governors. The local government is expectedly the third tier of government in Nigeria with constitutional rights. To…
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The President’s Palliatives
By Abiodun Komolafe Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name) fell ill and was admitted to hospital. At a point, his condition became so critical that help had to be sought from public-spirited individuals. Eventually, former Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State heard about it and took up the challenge. Nigerians remain grateful…
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Rwanda genocide victims slam Kabuga release ruling
By AFP (FILES) This screengrab taken from handout video footage released by The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) on September 29, 2022, shows Felicien Kabuga, an alleged financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, at a hearing in The Hague, on August 18, 2022, where he is facing charges of genocide and crimes against…
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Ministry offers Ibeju-Lekki Lagos residents free legal counsel
The Lagos State Government has extended its joint free legal clinic to residents of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mrs Titilayo Shitta-Bey-Jeje, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the legal clinic at the weekend, said the gesture was to strengthen the administration…
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Supreme Court On Nwaoboshi’s Case: Reason To Reform EFCC
By Leroy Chuma Edozien My eyes welled up as I listened to the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in the appeal filed by distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi (SPON) against his conviction by the Court of Appeal on trumped up charges of money laundering and fraud. Why? Two reasons. Firstly, thoughts of the injustice…
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10 years after, man drags neighbour to court for cutting economic tree
A man, Iliyasu Zubairu Yako, has dragged his neighbour, Isa Kofa Yako, before a Shari’a court sitting in Kiru LGA for allegedly cutting down his tree some time in 2013 after his (Yako’s) wife delivered a baby. The complainant told the court that the defendant refused to apologise to him since the time of cutting…
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Acting IGP Egbetokun appoints CP Tunji Disu, PSO
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Commissioner of Police Tunji Disu as the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP. CP Tunji Disu was the former Commander Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). A Police signal made this known saying the appointment is with immediate effect. CP Disu is a graduate of English…