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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Territorial Office, has facilitated the return of 156 stranded Nigerians from Libya in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other key stakeholders. The returnees, comprising 77 adult males, 67 adult females, seven children, and five infants, arrived at the Murtala …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticised the arrest and detention of prominent lawyer and human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi. He described the incident as a troubling reflection of authoritarian tendencies reminiscent of Nigeria’s military dictatorship era. In a statement issued on social media, Atiku expressed outrage at Farotimi’s …

  As controversy rages over the sack of over 70 tanker drivers sacked by the General Secre­tary of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Afolabi Olawale and endorsed by the President, Williams Akporeha, the affected individuals have taken to various platforms to express their displeasure.   This …

The Ekiti State Caucus of the National Assembly has expressed its support for the Tax Reform Bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. The position of the Ekiti State Caucus was made known in a statement issued by the nine members who make up the caucus on Monday. The statement said: …

Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been linked to a 753 duplex estate seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and forfeited to the Nigerian government on Monday. Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) in …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State chapter has threatened an indefinite strike if the state government fails to implement the new minimum wage of N80,000 without any further delay. It issued the threat after its emergency meeting of the State Executive Council (SEC) held on Monday, at the …

The Federal Government has reacted to the emergence of Adegoke Fadare as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Nova Scotia, Canada for Clayton Park West Constituency. The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known in a statement on Monday. In the congratulatory message …

The anti-graft commission said that this was the single largest asset recovery since its inception in 2003, adding that the estate rests on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja. Human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has called on the Nigerian government to allocate 753 forfeited duplexes in Abuja to …

Prof. Edoba Omoregie of the Faculty of Law has assumed office as the 11th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin. In his inaugural speech on Monday, the new VC, who is a professor of private property law, pledged to revolutionise the university. The new vice chancellor, who took over …

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, made the plea during her closing remarks at the ministerial session of the 11th Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Cape Town. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government on Monday pleaded with South Africa for support for its ambitions to …