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The Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Yargata Nimpar had last Wednesday reserved judgment in the two appeals after listening to the arguments of the parties. The Court of Appeal in Lagos State will today, Wednesday, deliver its judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the …

NLC President Joe Ajaero brutalized in Imo.   National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest of those who attacked the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, Imo State capital, on November 1. Ajaero, who was in Owerri to lead a protest, was …

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated a committee tasked with revoking Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) belonging to erring landowners. The task force, led by Estate Surveyor Michael O. Chinda, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Lands, …

Old naira notes   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the use of old Naira notes indefinitely and beyond the December 31, 2023 deadline set by the Supreme Court. Isa AbdulMumin, Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, in a statement on Tuesday, said Nigerians should recall that the apex bank introduced …

Against the backdrop of  indications that the Federal Government is putting in place measures to achieve exchange rate target of N500-N600/$1, while reorganising the banking sector, various private sector institutions and financial experts have expressed divergent views over the feasibility and the benefits of the goals. They however, advised government …

IGP Kayode Egbetokun   The Force Headquarters on Thursday said it never at any point intended to strip Very Important Personalities (VIPs) of their police escorts. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi in a post on X clarified that withdrawal of Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel did not equate …

The protesting students The proprietor of the College of Education, Ero, Ondo State, Mr Oyeleye Fasua, on Thursday, appealed to the protesting students of the institution to be calm, saying the issue of mobilising them for the National Youths Service Corps would be addressed. The students of the college on …

Pa Ayo Adebanjo The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the rate of insecurity in some parts of the country as a result of the attacks by some armed herdsmen on farmers. The group noted that the criminal activities of the bandits against farmers raised the need for the creation …

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has described President Bola Tinubu as insensitive to the plight of suffering Nigerians for allocating key funds for the purchase of presidential yacht and jets in the supplementary budget recently passed by the …

  Mrs Toluige Babalola, the woman who was in the popular ‘Mummy Calm Down’ viral video with son Oreofeoluwa, reportedly died by suicide. Mrs Toluige Olokoobi Babalola, the woman in the popular ‘Mummy Calm Down’ viral video whose son Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola was begging to ‘calm down and rest a little …