Trade FM; an online radio and news platform created specifically for the people driving Nigeria’s economy, as well as the millions of Nigerians in the diaspora who tune in, is the brainchild of Nigerian journalist Sharon Ijasan, who has carved out something truly distinctive in the media space. Ijasan is no newcomer to serious journalism. […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— The Federal Government has arraigned five persons accused of involvement in the beheading of two teachers who were abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. Among those docked before a vacation judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja were two alleged commanders of the Ansaru […]

By Cynthia Alo More than 150 pupils in three public primary schools in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have received school bags and storybooks in an initiative aimed at encouraging reading and supporting learning. The outreach, organised by JADE Foundation, benefited pupils of Aanuoluwapo Nursery and Primary School, Community Nursery and Primary School, […]

The Imole Campaign Council for the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke has described the arrest of over 86 of its canvassers, including the secretary to the state government, Teslim Igbalaye, as “authoritarian politics”. In a statement on Thursday, the campaign spokesman, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said the arrest of Adeleke’s supporters by the police was unlawful and […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Body of Benchers (BoB), the apex regulatory body for the legal profession, has vowed to wield the big stick to check what it termed the embarrassing conduct of charge-and-bail lawyers. The body is responsible for the call of graduates of law school to the Nigerian Bar as well as the regulation […]