Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Plateau State chapter, Izang Aware, has said that Nigerians have lost confidence in the legal system in the country. He said that there’s therefore the need for introspection by legal practitioners to make the profession responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of the common man as their last ...
•Kogi REC residence and gunmen Armed men this morning attacked the official residence of the Kogi Resident Electoral Commission, Hale Gabriel Longpet, in Lokoja. Kogi is one of the three States that recently concluded off cycle governorship elections with the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo declared winner. Chief Press S...
Fighting resumed in Gaza today immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. A live cam showed a heavy cloud of grey smoke rolling over northern Gaza, and apparent sounds of automatic weapons fire and expl...
•Stadium staff prepare the pitch ahead of the UEFA Europa Conference League Group A football match Legia football fans set a police officer on fire and injured three others last night as they pelted them with flares before a game against Aston Villa. Flares and missiles were thrown at police as the Legia fans were […]
•A NAF helicopter A Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, this morning. NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the development in a statement. He said all those onboard survived though they sustained “minor injuries”. The helicopter with the number NAF MI-35P crashed at exactly 7.45 am shortly afte...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, have said government agencies, ministries, departments, MDAs, have become undertakers of businesses in the country. They also lamented that rising inflation, multiplicity of taxes and threats of strike and protests, among others, have cont...
•Doctors The federal government has directed universities to begin to admit more students into Medicine and Surgery as a strategy to address the shortage of manpower in the health sector occasioned by the relentless exodus of health workers abroad in what has been termed japa. The Vice Chancellor, Nile University, Prof. Dili Dogo, revealed the...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government, yesterday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, represented by an Assistant Director in the ministry, Dr Anayo Romanus-Nzekwe, disclosed this yesterday in K...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday failed to reopen the runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, which it promised to achieve by the end of the month. This is despite the huge inconveniences the foreign airlines are going through since March 11th 2023 when the runway was shut [&helli...
Residents of Maganda Village, located in Magajin Gari Ward III of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have abandoned their homes following the withdrawal of security personnel stationed in the area. It was gathered that some villagers left due to fear of potential attacks by bandits who have been terrorising the communities for...

