Eid-ul-Fitr: FG declares public holidays
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Thursday, 19th March, and Friday, 20th March 2026, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, which signifies the end of the…
N175m fraud allegation: Witness narrates how ex-banker planned his kidnap
DR Jude Ndudi, a businessman, has narrated before a Federal High Court, Lagos, how a former bank manager, Fidelis Egueke, allegedly plotted a kidnap scheme, threatened to kill him and…
CAF declares Morocco winners of AFCON 2025, Senegal forfeits title
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal…
Court fixes April 22 for EFAB CEO’s forgery arraignment
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has scheduled April 22 for the arraignment of Fabian Nwaora, Chief Executive Officer of EFAB Properties Limited, on seven counts of forgery. Justice…
HEDA demands disclosure of legal fees paid in P&ID case, urges CBN to be accountable
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso to disclose the amount of legal fees…
Mohbad DNA alacrity
Lawyers raise concerns over post-mortem testing The legal counsel to Joseph Aloba, father of the late musician Mohbad, Oladayo Ogungbe, has raised concerns over the DNA testing conducted to ascertain…
NPF to conduct forensic investigation into Osun Dada Estate shooting
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) will deploy a forensic investigation model for the unfortunate shooting in Dada Estate area of Osogbo, Osun State, which resulted in the loss of lives.…
EFCC arraigns ex-convict over N12 million theft
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an ex-convict, Oluokun Gabriel Adekola, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged N12 million theft. Adekola…
Lagos launches pre-marriage counselling course to curb domestic violence
The Lagos State Government has launched a free pre-marriage counselling course for religious marriage counsellors as part of efforts to combat domestic and gender-based violence in the state. The government…
Resumption of environmental sanitation exercise violates an existing court order, Adegboruwa tell Sanwo-Olu
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has urged the Lagos State Government to suspend the proposed resumption of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, arguing that restricting…