TODAY, we are faced with a precarious situation where paucity of dollar and other hard currencies has led to a spiral fall of the naira. The reason is not farfetched, especially as oil prices fell from a high of about $115 to as low as $28. Yet, it is commendable that the President Muhammadu Buhari […]

Sellers of sachet water popularly known as ‘’Pure Water’’ Thursday took to the streets of Kubwa village environ protesting the increase of the cost price of the product.

An Indian fitness instructor shot and killed a man who complained about loud music blaring from his New Delhi gym, reports said Thursday.

A delegation of five African heads of state arrived in Bujumbura on Thursday at the start of a two-day visit to push for talks to end Burundi’s deep political crisis.

The assumption that Nigeria is divided between those who “want” devaluation and those who oppose it is a false appearance. Any rational Nigerian, especially middle class individuals, who can be assumed to be rationally self-interested “want” a strong currency so that they can maintain real purchasing power and lifestyles in a globalized consumerist economy.

Military troops have killed 26 suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram sect in an attempted failed attack on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno state.

Secretary-General of the United Nations, UN, Mr Ban Ki-moon, has identified four fundamental goals which the Federal Government must pursue urgently if it must succeed in its recent offensive on violence against children.

INTRODUCTION: The Supreme Court, our apex court, has spoken in the Dr Bukola Saraki case, and its judgment, delivered on February 5, 2016 carries an authority that is unchallengeable, except in the court of public opinion, which is a vital bedrock of governance in a democratic society, such as we aspire to become. All of us, as stakeholders in the Nigerian state project, constitute the latter court, and have a duty to contribute to the discussion on the questions provoked by the Supreme Court judgment in the case.

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, SAN, yesterday, withdrew the N5billion fundamental rights suit he filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and others.

THE alleged inability of the legal counsel to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, to gain access to its leader, Sheik Ibraheem Zakzaky, yesterday stalled the sitting of the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the December 2015 clash between the Nigerian Army the IMN.

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has adduced reasons Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja should compel the National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, to explain the alleged role he played in the illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms.

Justice Umaru Abdullahi, is former President of the Court of Appeal and member of the National Judicial Council, NJC. He is also Chairman, Board of Trustees, Citizens for Better Justice Initiative (CBJI). In this interview, he spoke on the challenges facing judges and efforts being made to improve their performance through the bar and the bench collaborating with the initiative of CBJI and other issues affecting the judiciary. Excerpts.

WE join other delighted Nigerians in applauding the recent deal between the Nigeria Air Force NAF and the Nnewi, Anambra State-based Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) Company Ltd. Under this deal, IVM manufactures spare parts for the Air Force to keep its Alpha Jets platform fully operational in the war against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North East.

The leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State has congratulated the newly crowned royal father of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Obi Chukwuka Akaeze I, who recently ascended the throne of his ancestors.

ABUJA— A high level meeting of public officials belonging to the All Progressives Congress, APC, with senior party officials in the Presidential Villa, yesterday, stoked speculations of a political solution to the proposed trial of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.