As countries across the world continued to take measures to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, Nigeria on Monday said there was currently no reported detection of the strain in the country. National COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr….
The Federal Government says it is imperative to train investigators and prosecutors who handle Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN), stated this at the `First Moot Court Trial’…
An Ogun State-based businesswoman, Olayinka Adisa, travelling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for Umrah (lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Law Drug Enforcement Agency for allegedly ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine. Adisa was arrested on Wednesday, November…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed has vowed that the judiciary would not rest on its oars until corruption is stamped out of the country. The CJN said this on Tuesday during the third National Summit on diminishing Corruption…
Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, the banishment of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State. The court held that…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has appeared before a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, to testify as a witness in a seven billion naira libel suit against ThisDay Newspaper. Governor Wike had in August 2020 sued the…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has written a letter to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, seeking comments from INEC over the Electoral Act amendment bill which was passed by the National Assembly on November 9, 2021. Buhari, who…
The Lagos State Government has released its White Paper on the report submitted to it by the #EndSARS judicial panel of inquiry that probed the Lekki toll gate incident of October 20, 2020. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, earlier on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Nigeria. The variant was discovered in two passengers, who arrived the country from South Africa. World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified Omicron…
By Sipho Mda For many of the post-apartheid generation, the visuals coming from the recent unrest were unimaginable. Quite ironic given the prior and very strong warnings from members of former President Zuma’s family and his support base over…