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The Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has declared the deduction of N50 as stamp duty on teller deposits or electronic transfer of funds illegal. The court, presided by Nnamdi Dimgba, gave the verdict in a case between a businessman, Rupert Irikefe, and the Central Bank of Nigeria, Zenith Bank, and the Attorney General […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will not succumb to threats or undue pressure from “professional critics” just to satisfy the selfish needs of few individuals in the country, the presidency has said. The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this position known in a series of tweets on his personal handle in […]

Global activists and celebrities on Thursday hit out at the Federal Government over crackdown on peaceful #EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality two months ago. In an open letter addressed to the President Muhammadu Buhari, and made public in Lagos to coincide with International Human Rights Day, 60 activists condemned the government for “unwarranted force […]

The World Bank on Thursday projected that the number of poor Nigerians will increase from the current 90 million to about 100 million by 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s economy. It stated that by 2022, about 11 million more Nigerians were expected to fall into poverty due to […]

The Nigerian government has ordered mobile telecommunication operators in the country to stop the sale and registration of new SIM cards. The directive applies to all mobile operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat. The directive was contained in a statement by Nigerian Communications Commission. The NCC said that the move would allow the audit […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has faulted reports of the #EndSARS protests by the foreign press. The President especially mentioned that the reports of CNN and BBC of the #EndSARS protest were not balanced, as they failed to give attention to the Policemen that were killed. Buhari, in a short tweet that has generated thousands of reactions […]

The Federal Government has reacted to a list by the United States which added Nigeria as a country with severe religious violations. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed in a statement titled ‘Nigeria Denies Religious Freedom Violation Allegation’ said Nigeria jealously protects religious freedom as enshrined in the country’s constitution and takes seriously […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasure over the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He described as “amazing” the failure of the lecturers to suspend their eight-month strike. The president was quoted as saying this in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, after a meeting with 36 state […]

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said Nigeria is not only at war, but also is in in a war zone. Soyinka made this statement yesterday against the backdrop of large-scale insecurity in the country while launching his latest novel, Chronicles Of The Happiest People On Earth, a book he published at 86. “I think […]

Less than two months after the suspension of the nationwide #EndSARS protests against police brutality, the organisers and activists have ignored threats by the government and security agencies by organising fresh protests in some parts of the country. However, soldiers and policemen were deployed in some of the venues to disrupt the protests on Monday, […]

Improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards have flooded Nigerian streets and markets as they are freely sold to willing buyers, Daily Trust reports. With just N200 or less, customers who want the SIM cards for legitimate purposes or those with criminal intent get them from vendors selling by the roadside, in vans or wheel borrows. This […]

The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday warned some group of people who are planning protest in the State on Monday to desist from it as the police are ready to crush such illegal protest. A statement issued by the Command’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said the Command warned against any gathering, procession or protest in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives has called on Nigerians to compel their representatives in the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari, for “gross incompetence and persistent and continuous breach of Section 14(2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution.” The section partly reads, “The security and welfare […]

An Ibadan-born billionaire and former Presidential aspirant, Harry Ayodele Akande, is dead. One of his sons, Olumide Akande, who confirmed this in a statement in Ibadan yesterday, said he passed on in the early hours of Saturday following a brief illness. “Chief Harry Akande was an astute businessman of international repute whose legacy and influence […]

The Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, has warned that they would not tolerate “unpatriotic elements” that want to take actions that will jeopardize national security, saying that that the service would ensure that the unity and corporate existence of the country remained sacrosanct. The DG, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday affirmed the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja had in his judgment delivered on January 27, 2020, held that […]

The management of Arik Air has laid off 300 workers of the airline. The airline made this known in a statement on Friday. The statement, signed by Adebanji Ola, Arik’s spokesperson, said the sacking is due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on its operations. The statement, titled ‘Arik Air management declares 300 staff redundant’, noted that a redundancy […]