Spokesman of the Yoruba’s socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin, tells OLALEYE ALUKO that Amotekun should have absolute powers without recourse to the policeDo you agree that the police should…
Tunde Ajaja As part of its contribution towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Health Insurance Scheme has donated a consignment of Personal Protection Equipment to the Economic and Financial…
THE recent reminder by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that 14 million Nigerian children are deprived of educational opportunities is an indictment of the country’s political leadership. Put in context, this…
Mr Daniel Makolo, a lawyer and former officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service, who was recently detained for about 10 days after writing a letter to the Minister of Interior,…
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A prosecution witness, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, on Friday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja how he handed over about $9m in four tranches to a businessman, Mr…
Adelani Adepegba and Adeyinka Adedipe The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Adeleye Oyabade, to supervise…
The ongoing diplomatic row between Nigeria and Ghana, which dates back to the pre-independence era, calls for urgent interventions of the Federal Government, as distressed Nigerians in Ghana wait endlessly…
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Friday sentenced 21-year-old Paul Adesanya to 21 years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American-based woman, Mrs Oluwatoyin Akinwole, of the…
Samson Folarin Controversy has trailed the arraignment of a female doctor, Bolanle Aseyan, by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for false rape accusation. The convener of the…
Friday Olokor, Abuja Proprietors of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria on Thursday disagreed with lecturers that tertiary institutions should remain closed to activities due to COVID-19 pandemic, saying that they were…
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has promised to recover and return more funds to the National Health Insurance Scheme which had been trapped in several places.…
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A Dubai-bound passenger, Ishaq Abubakar, has been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his arrest with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine cards and four Subscriber…
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A United Kingdom court on Thursday ordered the British Virgin Islands firm, Process and Industrial Development, to pay £1.5m to Nigeria within 21 days. According a statement…
Music executive and manager of Tuface Idibia, Efe Omorogbe, has taken to his Instagram to appeal to the Governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Ganduje, against executing singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu. The…
Ifeoluwa Oyerinde The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a banker, Ezeagbor Chijioke, and his accomplices, Anthony Nneji and Ibenegbu Francis, before Justice Muhammad…
Oladimeji Ramon The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria has commended a presidential candidate in the last general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Dele Adesina (SAN), for not…
The Supreme Court judgment granting inheritance to the girl child in Igboland has put an end to a culture that has held the society together as patriarchal. TONY OKAFOR assesses…
Chukwudi Akasike The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned an employee of Union Bank, Kola Oduwole, for an alleged fraud involving the sum of N80m. Oduwole was brought before…
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A former Acting Managing Director of Unity Bank, Mr Rislanudeen Muhammed, Mr Rislanudeen Mohammed, insisted at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, that there was…
Adelani Adepegba and Dennis Naku The Nigeria Labour Congress has accused the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, of mobilising thugs to stop the planned workers’ protest billed for Tuesday in…
