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...
•Mr Ebong The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohanenye has ordered the arrest of an Uyo-based lawyer known as Mr Ebong for assaulting his wife in a viral video. Mr Ebong was seen in the video standing over his bloodied wife who was in her underwear, while several people intervened stopping him from beating her. […]
•Falana and Tinubu A Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, today, asked President Bola Tinubu to stop parading himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. This, Falana said, is necessary because the president was not screened by the National Assembly before assuming the role, reports Daily Trust. He spoke in Abuja at the public presentati...
•Lalong and Tinubu The Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong has tendered his resignation from President Bola Tinubu’s government. He submitted his resignation letter at the federal executive council meeting held today. His resignation is for him to resume as the senator representing Plateau South Senatorial district. This followed reclaiming his m...
•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted over alleged fraud to the tune of $6bn. Agunloye, who served under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a minister between 1999 and 2003, had earlier been invited and quizzed by the ...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has promised a partnership between the federal government and the sporting community in Agege to make the Obasa Cup football tournament a state-wide event. The Frontier reports that Olawande made the promise at the weekend at the Anwaru-Islam School venue of the final sporting even...
An elder statesman and a former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, says Nigeria’s president does not have to be the minister of petroleum, adding that it is important to appoint a minister to oversee the ministry. His position is in support of former central bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who earlier said that the […]
•Alao Abiodun The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is set to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall Adelabu was the gubernatorial candidate for the Accord party in the Oyo 2023 election. He left APC during the build-up to the Oyo 2023 elections after losing to Senator Teslim Folarin at the party’s primary. In […]
•Sanusi Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), noting that this call was what cost him his job at the apex bank. Sanusi made this known while delivering his remarks at The Bank Directors Summit holding […]
•Robert Jenrick Britain’s ruling Conservative party was in disarray Wednesday after its immigration minister quit over legislation regarding sending migrants to Rwanda as hardliners turned the screw on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The UK leader’s position looked increasingly vulnerable after Robert Jenrick said he had resigned due to “strong di...

