COVID-19: Police not on holiday against criminals — Sokoto CP
The Nigerian Police By Nasiru Suleiman – Sokoto The Nigeria Police in Sokoto has warned criminal elements planning to take advantage of the lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to perpetrate crime to have a rethink over such decision The state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje gave the warning at the command headquarters […]
COVID-19: Releasing criminals maybe necessary but dangerous — Odubela, SAN
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, John Odubela in this interview speaks on sundry national issues including the challenge of releasing inmates of Correctional Service Centres to tackle the spread of Convid-19 pandemic By Onozure Dania The recent dethronement and banishment of Emir Sanusi has obviously raised concerns about the relevance of some of our traditional laws. […]
Stakeholders raise awareness on Anti-Torture, VAPP act
By Henry Ojelu As part of efforts to stern the use of torture, especially by law enforcement agencies, stakeholders in the Criminal Justice Sector last week, converged in Lagos at a two-day capacity building workshop to promote awareness of the Anti-Torture Act 2017, the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act as well as the review […]
Whats wrong with the courts?
By Awa Kalu, SAN It is now trite that there are three arms of government recognized by our constitution – The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. While most people love to add the epithet “as amended”, I would like to limit my reference to that much-vilified document as “the constitution”. The Constitution […]
Trial of coronavirus vaccine underway as participants get first dose
By Chioma Obinna A coronavirus vaccine trial in the United State, US, has given a dose to its first participant. The study aims to enroll a total of 45 healthy adults over a six-week time frame. Each will receive two injections about a month apart in varying doses, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious […]
PETAN reiterates commitment to industry development
The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has once again reiterated its commitment to the development of oil and gas industry.
People Talk: COVID-19: Should FG lockdown the country? (2)
By Bose Adelaja, Olayinka Latona & Samuel Ameh “The Federal Government should adopt total lockdown, but in doing this, they should provide the necessary healthcare kits and some funds should be given to the masses to take care of themselves for the mean time while they eradicate this deadly virus.” -Ibemesi Cynthia, Corps Members “The […]
Kudos, knocks as JAMB completes conduct of 2020 UTME
By Elizabeth Osayande A week into the conduct of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, many parents and their wards raised concern over the preparedness of the Board to conduct the examinations. With over 1.9 million registered candidates, as against the 2019 figure of over 1.8 […]
Music’s highly spiritual, says Anyas, rising Nigerian singer
Rising Nigerian music sensation, Anyas has described his love for music as natural and an inborn thing. The Lagos State-born star, while giving a brief background to his sojourn into the very competitive Nigerian music market and how long he has been in the game, said: “For me music is a spiritual thing.
Without restructuring Nigeria will collapse — Bewaji
•Says nobody can resist restructuring •Why INEC can’t de-register parties •Backs conduct of election in one day •Nigeria must never tolerate dictatorship of the judiciary DR. Wumi Bewaji, former Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, is the chairman of the Coalition of Electoral Democrats, CODER. In this interview, he bares his mind on burning […]
Nigeria’s terms of trade up 0.81% in Q4’19
The all-commodity Terms of Trade (ToT) index for Nigeria increased marginally by 0.81 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 (Q4’19) due to increases in the prices of vegetable products, live animals, animal products and prepared foodstuffs.
