By Ikechukwu Nnochiri A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday, awarded N10million to a businessman, Anthony Okolie, who was arrested in 2019 and detained for 10 weeks by the Department of State Service, DSS, for purchasing a SIM card that was previously used by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan. The court, […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, said he would really be grateful if Nigerians stopped asking him about the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team. He said; “On the Chinese Doctors, I want to, first of all, explain that I think not all of them were doctors […]

The Federal Government on Thursday  clarified that it has deregulated the downstream petroleum industry, adding, however, that it would continue to intervene in determining the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to safeguard consumers of the commodity from being exploited by oil marketers. 

US President Donald Trump further hardened his rhetoric towards China on Thursday, saying he no longer wishes to speak with Xi Jinping and warning darkly he might cut ties over the rival superpower’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Tensions have ratcheted up between Washington and Beijing as they trade barbs over the origin of the […]

*Sets agenda for Gambari, new Chief of Staff Aare Afe Babalola, the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, has said Nigeria’s main problem is the Military Constitution, “which was christened 1999 Constitution.” He said this in a congratulatory letter to Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. He also […]

Taraba State-based pressure group, Taraba Interest Group, TIG, has commended Governor Darius Ishaku’s response to COVID-19 pandemic in the state, noting that six out of the 17 COVID-19 cases recorded in the state have been discharged.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with security and service chiefs where he again pledged to address all issues bringing a lot of sorrows to Nigerians.

By Chino Obiagwu(SAN) The decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the case of Ude Jones Udeogu v Federal Republic of Nigeria & 2 Others(SC622c/2019, delivered on May 8, 2020), known in the media as the Orji Kalu case, has set Nigeria’s criminal jurisprudence backward in a manner that is hardly justifiable. The crux […]

By Dapo Akinrefon Alhaji Femi Okunnu(SAN), former Federal Commissioner for Works during the military government of General Yakubu Gowon, on Thursday, slammed some new crop of judges in the country, saying they cannot be described as upright or disciplined like Justice Oluwa during his days. Okunnu also described late Justice Isiaka Oluwa as a disciplined […]

I receive N2000 as errand boy- suspect By Evelyn Usman A suspected member of a gun-running syndicate which supplies weapons to criminal gangs in Lagos has been arrested by the Police. Recovered, were two berretta pistols which were concealed inside alcoholic packs and wooden boxes. The arrested suspect, Samuel Peter, was reportedly on his way […]