The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Tuesday arraign Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square, on a fresh charge of $1 million and £34,537.59 theft before the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja.Justice
Read More
President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill of ₦54.99 trillion into law.The signing ceremony took place on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the presence of the leadership of the National Assembly and other senior government officials.The budget was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly
Read More
The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the outcome of the Local Government Elections that were held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024.The apex court upheld an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC.In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Uwani
Read More
Senator Natasha Akpoti of Kogi Central in National Assembly on Friday accuses the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of been maligned, victimized, and denied privileges because she refused an inappropriate relationship with him.Natasha made the allegation while narrating how Akpabio has been making unwelcome advances toward her, during an interview on
Read More
The Lagos State House of Assembly has condemned the takeover of the parliament by the ousted speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.Obasa and his security officials stormed the assembly complex on Thursday and entered the Speaker’s Office.The lawmaker representing Agege Constituency also presided over a four-man parliament following the withdrawal of the security
Read More
At about 12 noon on Friday, February 28, ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa once again stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly complex, accompanied by a group of louts who forcefully took possession of the premises.This development came as the substantive Speaker, Princess Mojisola Meranda, alongside 34 lawmakers, appeared before the
Read More
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has given an update on the passengers who were diverted to Lome in Togo by Air France, following bad weather experienced by the airline in Abuja on Thursday.On his X handle on Friday, NCAA spokesman, Michael Achimugu said the 55 passengers were housed by the
Read More
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the suit filed by Hon. Mudashiru Obasa.Justice Yetunde Pinheiro has also adjourned the case till March 7 to hear all pending applications.Hon. Obasa had approached the court
Read More
Nigerian Breweries Plc nearly doubled its sales in 2024 with turnover rising by 81 per cent from N599.6 billion to N1.1 trillion.Key extracts of the audited report and accounts of Nigerian Breweries for the year ended December 31, 2024 showed that gross profit grew by 51 per cent from N212.6
Read More
THE senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has sued Senate President Godswill Akpabio for defamation.In the suit, marked CV/737/25, Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her lawyer, Victor Giwa, alleged that defamatory statements were made against her by the Senate President and published by his aide on Facebook.According to her, the post, titled “Is
Read More