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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged politicians to imbibe and promote peace, love and unity for the stability and growth of Nigeria. Politics should not be seen as war but a process of choosing a leader, and after elections, there should be love and unity amongst all political parties, Mr Jonathan said. The former president […]

Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has condemned the arrest of #OccupyLekki protesters at the Lekki toll plaza including the detention of comedian Debo Adebayo better known as Mr Macaroni. Ozekhome said even the military allowed people to protest. The senior advocate said this in a message sent to Punch on Saturday. He wrote, […]

Billionaire businessman Ned Nwoko has raised an alarm over plans to assassinate him. The former house of Representatives member made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, February 11, 2021. According to him, the assassination plot had a connection with a piece of land in his community in Delta where he was […]

One of the prominent youths in the fight against police brutality and extrajudicial killings in the country, Rinu Oduala, has stepped down from the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up to investigate cases of police brutality in the state. She announced the decision in a series of tweets on Friday. “I […]

The Lagos state government on Thursday warned protesters planning to converge at the Lekki toll gate on Saturday to desist from flouting COVID-19 regulations or block roads. The protests were scheduled after the Lagos state judicial panel decided to hand-over the keys to the toll gate back to the Lekki Concession Company. Collection of fees […]

Organisers of the planned protest at the Lekki tollgate have said the ban on cryptocurrency accounts among other reasons triggered their action. They gave the reasons in a press statement made available to our correspondent titled, ‘EndSARS Season 2; Why we will #OccupyLekkiTollGate on Saturday – Campaigners’, on Thursday. According to the statement, the cause […]

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. In a video shot during an APC event in Kogi and shared on Wednesday, Bello said the defection was one of his achievements as the head of the youth […]

President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Prof. George Obiozor, has said Igbo must regain their rightful position in Nigeria as it was during the first republic. He insisted that his administration would do everything possible to ensure that Ndigbo regain their lost glory, regretting that Ndigbo have been neglected and unfairly treated for too long despite […]

An Alabama man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the death of his wife. William Jeffrey West was sentenced on Monday by Shelby County Circuit Judge Bill Bostick after he was convicted of manslaughter last year for the 2018 death of his wife, Kathleen Dawn West, 42. The 47-year-old will reportedly get […]

The Lagos State Government has auctioned 83 forfeited vehicles for violating the state’s Transport Sector Reform Law 2018. In a statement issued on Monday by the Director of Public Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, Kayode Oyekanmi, the move is sequel to the orders of the Special Offences Mobile Court set up by the state […]

Following the move to reopen the Lekki Tollgate, many Nigerians mostly youths, have taken to social media threatening to stage another protest. Youth representatives at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Saturday had opposed the reopening of the Lekki toll gate arguing that reopening the toll-gate at this time would be hasty and premature. […]

+ A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel, who is an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada […]

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed suggestions that he is being touted as the country’s next president, noting that only God knows Nigeria’s next leader. Amaechi who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics explained that he is focusing on his job as a minister and would not want to be distracted. “I am […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said cryptocurrencies promote illegal activities and raise risks, among other reasons. It said this on Sunday in a statement regarding various comments and reactions following its recent reminder to Deposit Money Banks to desist from transacting in/and with entities dealing in cryptocurrencies. The CBN stated, “The recent regulatory directive […]

Trading in Cryptocurrencies is not backed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act which recognizes the naira as the only legal tender in the Nigerian financial system, an analyst has said. The CBN had on Friday, directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) local financial institutions to […]

The United States President, Joe Biden, has pledged full cooperation with African countries in areas of shared interest. Mr Biden said his administration is committed to partnering with Africa in the areas of trade, commerce, security and health. In a video message he delivered Friday at the 34th virtual African Union Summit, the U.S. leader urged African leaders […]

The Federal Government has lifted the ban it earlier placed on Emirates Airlines. This is coming after the United Arab Emirates granted the carrier permission to withdraw the Rapid Antigen Testing done prior to the departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria, according to a letter by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Due to the development, […]