•Mary Habila and David Umahi The Interfaith Youth Council of Nigeria (IYCN) has called on relevant authorities to conduct a thorough, independent and transparent investigation into the death of Miss Mary Habila, urging Nigerians to avoid speculation and allow the rule of law to take its course. The leader of the group, Comrade Moses Moses, [&h...
A 67-year-old tenant, Pastor Bolaji Olukotun, has died after he was allegedly assaulted and forcefully evicted from his residence at Admiralty Homes Estate, Lekki, Lagos, by suspected agents of a landlord during a disputed property takeover. It was learnt on Saturday that the incident occurred on Saturday, July 11, while the victim died in the...
The embattled Executive Secretary of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Dr Dakorinama Alabo George, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to appointees, who aspired for elective positions, to resign ahead of primaries, “does not stand.” Tinubu had directed all his appointees, who intended to contest elective offi...
•Protest Youths Off The Street Initiative (YOTSI), a youth-led non-governmental and civil society organisation, has formally notified the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) of its intention to stage a peaceful protest in Abuja over what it describes as growing political hostility and undemocratic practices in Enugu...
•Road safety officials The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano Sector Command, has said it will appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court in Kano which barred its personnel from operating on state and local government roads, restricting their jurisdiction strictly to federal highways. The ruling, delivered on Thursday by Justice M. S....
•David Umahi and late Mary Habila The mystery surrounding the death of Mary Habila, a nurse attached to the office of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, deepened yesterday as legal advice revealed that authorities were still seeking answers to the circumstances surrounding her sudden demise. While Habila’s family intensified its demand for th...
•Shettima and Inuwa A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Katsina State, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, has spoken on the visit of Governors Uba Sani (Kaduna), Dikko Umaru Radda (Katsina), and Dauda Lawal (Zamfara) to his residence. In an interview with JBC Hausa, the ADC chieftain said the three governors visited on behalf of […]...
•Afam Osigwe (SAN) The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe (SAN), has assured that the association’s leadership has put in place the necessary measures to ensure a credible process for electing its new national officers. Osigwe said those behind the election process have put all machinery in motion to ensure the electi...
•Nigerian lawyers A forum of Yoruba lawyers, under the aegis of Egbe Amofin Oodua, has called for the postponement of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, citing concerns over the transparency and credibility of the electoral process. The group said delaying the election would allow the implementation of agreed...
•David Umahi and late Mary Habila More questions and growing calls for a comprehensive and independent investigation have continued to trail the death of 26-year-old Mary Habila at the Ebonyi residence of the Minister of Works, David Umahi. Habila, who her father described as the minister’s personal nurse, reportedly died on June 27, and her [...

