UPDATE: SENATE QUASHES BILL TO REPEAL FOREX ACT
A measure to create a foreign exchange market in Nigeria and repeal the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 2004—which is now under the...
UGANDAN COURT SENTENCES TIKTOKER TO 6 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR INSULTING PRESIDENT
A Ugandan court has sentenced Edward Awebwa, 24, a tiktoker, to six years in prison for insulting President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni, and...
JUST IN: APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS ODODO’S ELECTION AS KOGI GOV
Usman Ododo's election as Kogi State's governor has been upheld by the Court of Appeal, which is headquartered in Abuja. After rejecting the appeal filed...
REPS URGE FG, NPF TO ENSURE PRESS FREEDOM
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Federal Government have been urged by the House of Representatives to protect journalistic freedom. The House spoke against...
JUST IN: S’COURT BAR GOVERNORS FROM DISSOLVING LG COUNCILS
Governors are not permitted to dissolve the nation's democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils, according to the Supreme Court. In a historic ruling on Thursday,...
FG SEALS SAND DREDGING AND MINING COMPANY IN OGUN OVER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
Due to unlawful mining activities, the Federal Government has closed down a sand dredging and mining enterprise that was operating in the Obafemi/Owode local government...
BREAKING: S’COURT SAYS ITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR GOVS TO HOLD FUNDS, GRANTS FINANCIAL AUTONOMY TO LGs
The Supreme Court, in its ruling on Thursday, barred the 36 governors of the federation from further retaining or utilizing funds that are meant for...
ALLEGED BRIBERY: GANDUJE, WIFE TO APPEAR IN COURT THURSDAY
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife Hafsat, and six other party members are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday to...
LG AUTONOMY: SUPREME COURT TO DELIVER JUDGEMENT JULY 11
The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full...
UPDATE: PRES. TINUBU SWEARS IN EIGHT PERMANENT SECRETARIES
Eight Federal Permanent Secretaries have been sworn in by President Bola Tinubu. Prior to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in...