EFCC’s push to block payment of legal fees in foreign currency draws backlash
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A fresh row is brewing between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and legal practitioners across the country over a renewed push to bar the use of foreign currency in settling legal fees.The anti-graft agency, on September 11, condemned the practice of lawyers billing their clients in foreign currencies […]
High import duty: Nigerian used clothes dominate bend-down boutiques
Until the late 2000s, when people started realising the quality in used clothes imported from abroad, okrika sellers, or bend down boutique, as they are called in local parlance, was mainly for the poor who couldn’t afford brand new clothes. Then, it was cheap.
38 victims abducted from Kwara church regain freedom
The thirty-eight members of the congregation abducted by bandits during the Thanksgiving service attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Oke-Isegun, Eruku…
Why global citizenship is new wealth — Optiva’s Amaka Okeke”
For many Nigerian families, the conversation around global mobility has evolved from luxury to necessity. With economic uncertainty, rising medical travel barriers, and increasing demand for foreign-currency income streams…
Police retirees are dying in droves over pension, says Irowainu, retired CSP
By Charles Kumolu Retired Chief Superintendent of Police, Raphael Irowainu, is the National Coordinator, Police Retired Officers Forum, (PROF), in this interview, laments the plight of retired police officers. Why are you leading protests on behalf of police retirees? Our major complaint has been against the deliberate act of government to put the Police permanently […]
From Chibok to Kankara – Nigeria’s history of mass abductions
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said he would sell off the girls, mostly Christians. The attack triggered the #BringBackOurGirls movement.
DSS briefs President Tinubu, as schools shut down over insecurity
Adeola Ajayi, DSS DG, met with President Bola Tinubu on Friday night for update on insecurity across the country.
Abducted Niger students, teachers now 315 – CAN, Catholic Diocese
“At present, 303 students, both male and female, and 12 teachers — four female and eight male — remain abducted, bringing the total number of victims to 315″
Asagba of Asaba: Legal encyclopaedia-cum-activist changing narrative from throne
“If we can move together, if you are down, somebody brings you up. Somebody is up; he wants to bring somebody up”
Kwara Church Attack: How attackers hid on tree tops for hours before striking
The Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Oke-Isegun at Oke-Ado street in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara state was unusually filled up last Tuesday at about 6:30 pm, unknown to the congregation that danger was lurking around the corner.
Three nights Nigeria will not forget
ON three different days across three different states, Nigeria was pulled into the same widening circle of sorrow. A candlelit church was attacked in Eruku, Kwara State, on Tuesday.
