The Court of Appeal in Abuja has stopped the governments of Rivers and Lagos from collecting Value Added Taxes (VAT). In a ruling on Friday, Justice Haruna Simon Tsanami, also directed that the law passed by Rivers State House of Assembly and assented to by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike be put on hold. he judge […]
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has upheld the suspension of Uche Secondus as the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. The court in Port Harcourt on Friday ordered a perpetual injunction restraining Secondus from parading himself as the national chairman of PDP. Justice O. Gbasam maintained in Suit No: […]
that it does not want to embark on another indefinite strike action that would leave students stranded, regretting that the government was compelling the union to go on strike. The union also urged the student union government in universities to back ASUU to ensure that schools do not close down for strike action. The Zonal […]
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 28-year- old teacher, Hassan Aliyu, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl. The police charged Aliyu who resides in Badawa Quarters Kano with procuration of a minor girl. Chief Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti adjourned the matter until Sept.20, for mention. […]
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, said the police operatives who tortured a fresh university graduate to death in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, had wanted to secretly dispose of the body. It was “one telephone call” that prevented the police from doing so, Mr Effiong, a lawyer to the deceased student, said on Wednesday while […]
Doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have urged Nigerians, especially patients at various hospitals to hold government responsible for the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors. This as they also berated the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for not doing enough […]
The Imo State Police Command, on Friday, said it had found Amarachi Okechukwu Dioku, 18, who went missing in May from Umudurualaoka, Uba, Ifakala in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, in a church-cum baby factory, where she was impregnated and her baby would be sold after putting to bed. The State Police Commissioner, […]
The bill prohibiting open rearing and grazing of livestock and provision for the establishment of ranches has passed the second reading at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. Leading debate on the bill at plenary on Thursday, the member representing Oruk Anam state constituency, Udo Keirean Akpan, said when passed into law, the bill […]
The federal government says it will not tolerate any group or persons planning to disrupt the smooth conduct of the Anambra governorship election. Babagana Moguno, national security adviser (NSA), who was represented by Sanusi Galadima, said this on Thursday at the quarterly meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security (ICCES), held in Abuja. […]
The Katsina State Government has ordered, with immediate effect, the immediate closure of all illegal junction and roadside motor parks across the 34 Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement on Thursday, the Secretary to the Katsina State Government Mustapha Inuwa, said the owners of commercial vehicles [including luxurious buses] are further directed […]
