The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has honoured President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by naming its newly inaugurated Command and Control Center in Abuja the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex. The announcement was made by the Controller General of the NIS, Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap, during the facility’s commissioning on December 12, 2024, by President Tinubu. … Read more

A tense atmosphere erupted at the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday as supporters of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi and renowned legal figure Aare Afe Babalola clashed following the adjournment of Farotimi’s bail hearing to December 20, 2024. Farotimi faces defamation charges brought by Babalola, alleging defamatory statements in his book, … Read more

Justice Abayomi Adeosun of the Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti has adjourned the bail hearing for human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi to December 20, 2024. Farotimi, who faces 16 counts of alleged defamation against legal luminary Chief Afe Babalola, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment last week. The charges were triggered after claims made in Farotimi’s … Read more

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the remand of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in the Kuje correctional centre until January 29, 2025. The development comes after the court rejected Bello’s bail application, citing procedural irregularities in the filing of the application. According to Justice Maryanne Anenih, the bail application was premature … Read more

BUA Group, one of Africa’s largest foods, mining, manufacturing, and industrial conglomerates, has signed an agreement with Starlinger & Co. Limited of Austria, a leading global supplier of machinery for the production of packaging materials, in a strategic move to expand into the production of high-quality packaging materials.The state-of-the-art packaging production facility will have the … Read more

Just barely one week after four lawmakers of the House of Representatives defected from Labour Party, another member, Dalyop Chollom has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chollom, the lawmaker representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom at the House of Representatives announced his defection on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. In a letter presented to the House of Representatives … Read more

Opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi have reflected on their experiences from the 2023 presidential election and are now focusing on coming together to challenge the current administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which they believe has not effectively met the needs of the people, according to Paul Ibe. Ibe, who serves as … Read more

A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Ismael Ahmed, has expressed doubts about President Bola Tinubu’s chances of winning the 2027 presidential election. Ahmed cited Tinubu’s loss in Kano during the 2023 elections as a significant challenge, as well as the current economic difficulties facing the country. In an appearance on Mic … Read more

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday lost his move to get the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to grant him bail. Justice Maryann struck out Bello’s bail application on the ground that it was filed as of the time the former governor was yet to be taken into custody … Read more

ASUU president, Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared an indefinite strike action at the Niger Delta University in Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State. According to the union, the strike was declared over Government’s failure to honour the agreements reached with ASUU in the past. The strike action … Read more