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 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’…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Linda Kasonde Each year, on 15th of September, the world commemorates the International Day of Democracy. It’s a day of reflection on the state of democracy in the world. It is based on the shared value that the will…
By Edwina Mazunda On August 12th 2021, Zambia went to the polls in what became a historical election for the Southern African country. It was historical because for the 3rd time since independence, the ruling party was defeated in a…