•Prof Cyril Ndifon Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences ...
•Gen sets Two students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, have died after inhaling fumes from a power-generating set placed close to the window of their apartment overnight. The state police public relations officer, SP William Ovye Aya, confirmed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent today. Aya disclosed that the deceased were ...
•FUTA students Students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, today, protested what they described as incessant robbery attacks against them off the campus of the institution. The protesters, who were singing various solidarity songs, barricaded the busy Akure -Ilesa Road, causing gridlock on the expressway, reports The PU...
•Prof Anthony Kila Dear Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), Our epistle is today addressed to you as a contact point because our object of reflection is aviation, in reality though, content of our considerations affects all of us citizens, operators, regulators and consumers of the aviation sector of Nigeria. They are considerations about a sector that [&...
The federal government said yesterday it was considering importation of food as a critical option on the table to halt the high cost of items in the country in order to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians. In the interim, the government has ordered the immediate release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize from […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, in its recently revised consumer protection framework, has mandated financial service providers to comply with minimum standards in their advertising and promotional materials. One of the requirements is that FSPs should not make reference to unaudited financial statements in their sales promotion, reports The PUNC...
Nigerians have reacted to the National Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress’ issuance of a 14-day strike ultimatum given to the federal government saying they no longer trust the effectiveness of the Union. This is in response to the declaration of a 14-day notice of strike to the federal government for failing to implement the […]...
French energy giant TotalEnergies is set to sell its onshore business in Nigeria, its CEO Patrick Pouyanne has said, noting that operation in the Niger Delta is a “real difficulty.” Another oil major Shell announced last month that it was selling its onshore property—the Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC)—after decades of operation in t...
•Timaya Popular singer, Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, best known as Timaya, has opened up on how he got introduced to drugs and how he gave it up eventually. Speaking in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, the ‘Dem Mama’ crooner described his experience as a “tough fight.” He said he got introduced […]
•Day of protest Following the backlash that followed the arrest of Monday’s protesters over the rise in food prices in Minna, the Niger State Government has granted administrative bail to the woman who initiated the protest, Aisha Jibrin and 24 others arrested by the police. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hajiya Binta Mamman, while...

