Latest All People Congress, APC, chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode has stated categorically that the APC he heavily criticised in time past is not the same party he joined. Fani-Kayode, defending his defection to the ruling APC party on Channels TV, explained that the APC he joined is forward-thinking, and accommodating. He maintained that he joined the […]

By Gabriel Ewepu and Fortune Eromosele, Abuja Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Ene Obi, Thursday called for increased participation of women in governance. The speakers spoke at a two-day hybrid intergenerational consultative and […]

A 47-year-old woman, Bisola Okeowo, on Thursday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly stealing N1,244,795. Okeowo, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, to which she pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Sunday Bassey, told the court that the woman committed the offence […]

The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) says the state will implement the law as it relates to the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT in the state. Mr Tolu Adegbie, the Executive Chairman of ODIRS, stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Akure. He noted that the agency had carried its research […]

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 35-year-old man, Fatai Ramon, to six months imprisonment with hard labour, for stabbing his neighbour in the face. Ramon pleaded guilty to breach of peace and causing grievous hurt. Chief Magistrate D. S Odukoya sentenced Ramon without an option of fine. Odukoya said that the sentence […]