Category: Politics
Bola Tinubu emerges finalist for OCCRP ‘corrupt person of the year 2024′
President Bola Tinubu has been named a finalist for the 2024 ‘corrupt person of the year’ in a list compiled by the Organised Crime and Corruption Rep [...]
FG pays N1.1bn to Afe Babalola, Wole Olanipekun, 23 law firms
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Justice, has paid approximately N1.1 billion as professional fees to prominent Nigerian lawyers, Chief [...]
LPDC rejects Afe Babalola’s firm bid to disbar Dele Farotimi
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has rejected a request by Emmanuel Chambers, Afe Babalola’s law firm, to disbar Dele Farotimi, a [...]
Nigeria’s progress stalled by choice of darkness over light – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has attributed Nigeria’s lack of measurable progress since independence to the nation’s tend [...]
Coca-Cola, FrieslandCampina, Guinness shut down by Lagos government over regulatory non-compliance
The Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO) has sealed the factories belonging to Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, FrieslandCampina WAM [...]
Stampede incidents reflect Nigeria’s systemic failures – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has condemned the recent stampedes that claimed lives across the [...]
‘Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana led protests as young men, take the bull by the horns,’ NHRC tells youths
The Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC) says those compelling Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, and Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SA [...]
Tinubu, Shettima, to spend over N6bn to renovate their residential quarters in 2025
The Federal Government has allocated a total of N6,364,181,224 billion for the renovation and rehabilitation of the residential quarters of President [...]
Lagos governror, Sanwo-Olu throws Babajide Obanikoro a lifeline
Following his woeful outing at the 2023 general elections where he attempted to return to the House of Representatives to continue with his representa [...]
FG renames UniAbuja Yakubu Gowon varsity
The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the renaming of the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University.
The Minister of Information an [...]