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A legal battle began yesterday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the Osun State government challenging the transfer of a suit from the Osogbo Division of the court to the Abuja. The suit seeks to restrain the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from opening accounts for the chairmen elected on the platform of the […]
An associate professor and head of Postgraduate Studies at Robert Gordon University (RGU), Judith Abolle-Okoyeagu, has been recognised internationally for her work at the intersection of STEM education, structural health monitoring, and global collaboration. Abolle-Okoyeagu’s research spans two major areas. “Her contributions to gender equity and AI-enhanced pedagogy have shaped how institutions approach STEM education,” […]
A civil society organisation, Leadership Centre for Civil and Post-Trauma Rehabilitation, has cautioned activist Omoyele Sowore over his recent verbal Attacks on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the group’s general secretary, Dr. Agbi Manzo Abubakar, condemned Sowore’s recent statements, describing them as highly irresponsible and unacceptable. “Any attempt to […]
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has called on Edo indigenes and residents of the state to embark on a two-week fasting and prayer to ward off evil from the land. In a statement yesterday, the Obamedo of Benin, Efosa Igbinomwanhia, the revered traditional ruler, said the exercise would commence on September 15 and […]
Kano State government has cautioned practitioners to uphold media ethics and operate strictly within journalism standards to avoid misleading the public. The commissioner for Information and Home Affairs, Comrade Ibrahim Waiya, made call during a press briefing following reports on corruption allegations against some officials. He said the allegations were before the court and under […]
The UK government has concluded that Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza but “must do much more” to prevent and alleviate the suffering.
More than 20 civilians have been killed in a Russian airstrike on a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said President Bola Tinubu was working assiduously to address Nigeria’s public debt through a non-oil revenue drive. This is even as the Speaker noted that public debt, if well utilised, can engender growth and development in any country. He said Nigeria could leverage responsible […]
President Bola Tinubu has been advised to deploy alternative means to combat the growing insecurity and violence across the country, especially in the North-East and North-West regions. Country Director of GOALPrime Organisation Nigeria, Professor Christopher Chinedumuije, in an open letter to President Tinubu, stated that, “for years, successive governments have responded by increasing defence budgets, […]
The immediate-past Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, has raised the alarm over alleged targeted violent attacks on members of the Opposition Coalition’s Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government. Malami disclosed this aftermath of a solidarity visit to his Abuja residence by former […]
