Court awards N500,000 fine against EFCC for multiple adjournments in Emefiele’s trial
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday fined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) N500,000 for repeatedly seeking adjournments in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
Group seeks protection for seven-year-old allegedly brutalized by parents
Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network (ACVPN) has called on the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development to urgently intervene in the case of a seven-year-old girl…
Police Command dismiss extortion claims against Lagos task force
• Officials not authorised to take over motorist steering, says Akerele The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed allegations that operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental 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…
Industrial Court dismisses Bankole’s case against Oyo SUBEB
The Presiding Judge of the Ibadan Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Dele Peters, has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Bankole against the Oyo…
Tinubu’s appointment of DG DSS: The nifty strategy that ended ‘sit-at-home’
By Louis Achi The Igbo idiom “Nwoke nusia ogu, nwanyi enwelu akuko” talks about man’s penchant for taking credit for the struggles or sacrifices of others. For the benefit of…
Beyond the Banquet: What the UK-Nigeria State visit must deliver
By Oluwatobi Aigbogun State visits are masterclasses in optics. The carriage procession. The state banquet. The ceremony designed to signal that two nations value each other. This week, President Tinubu…
A back to the future moment for Nigerian Bar Association
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the then Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Babangida – a two-star general – turned the page on the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari in the…
Gulf war and the fragility of global order (2)
By GEB For years, tensions between Iran, Israel and the United States simmered beneath the surface. Disputes over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, its network of allied militias across the Middle East,…