•Protesting women Following the arrest of women who protested against the Supreme Court verdict that affirmed the election of Abdullahi Sule the Governor of Nasarawa State, a Magistrate Court 3 sitting in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital today reviewed the stiff bail condition of the 38 women who were arrested by the Nigeria Police in [&hellip...
•Church of Greece The powerful Church of Greece today formally announced its opposition to a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption that is expected to come before parliament next month. The church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, said the bill “condemns future children to grow up without a father or mother in an environment of [&hell...
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has given legal backing to the contempt proceedings initiated against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Effiong Asuquo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Special Investigation Unit (S.I.U), over alleged disobedience of its order directing the unconditional release of a bank ma...
Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SBLM) has written to President Bola Tinubu, regretting that the joy expressed by him in his New Year message welcoming “compatriots to this brand new year 2024” could not be understood or shared by several millions of Nigerians, particularly the people of Mangu, Bokkos, Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area...
•JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has opposed the federal government’s automated deduction of funds accruing to it from the registration fees paid by candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME. This came as JAMB denied report that it increased its 2024 UTM...
•PDP acting chairman, Umar Damagun The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to sanction members, who worked against its corporate interests, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, at the appropriate time. Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Amb. Umar Damagun, said this while re...
A high court in the Federal Capital Territory, today, ruled in favour of the Incorporated Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and against a former Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Tallen in Suit No: CV/816/2016. Consequently, the court declared that the said statement of Tallen was unconstitutional, careless, reckless, disparaging, a...
•US President Joe Biden The US House of Representatives voted yesterday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, escalating Republicans’ battle with Democrats ahead of the 2024 election in a move Biden himself slammed as a “baseless” stunt. Republicans, seizing on Biden’s son Hunter’s controversial international dealings, ...
The naira continued its rebound against the dollar today, strengthening to N950/$ on the average in the parallel market. This represents a N170 gain or a 15.18 per cent appreciation of the local currency compared to the N1,120 it traded for yesterday, reports The PUNCH. This is also the second day of recovery for the […]

