Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, suffered further political ignominy Friday when she sensationally lost her seat in parliament at the British general election. Truss’s defeat came as the constituencies of all her predecessors since the Tories won power in 2010 turned either Labour or Liberal Democrat — a damning indictment on the Conservatives’ […]
Controversy has enveloped a $150bn Samoa trade deal signed by the Federal Government of Nigeria with the European Union. Last November, the European Union, its 27 member states and 79 member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) signed an agreement in Apia, the capital of the Pacific island country […]
Keir Starmer on Friday will become Britain’s new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. “The Labour Party has won this general election, and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” a sombre-looking Rishi […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has suspended 10 private jet operations over failure to begin the recertification process. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, on Friday, in Abuja. The agency said the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023 Part 18.3.4 forbids holders […]
Friday 05 July 2024 APC divided as A’Court returns pro-Wike lawmakers to Assembly Iran begins presidential election runoff amid low turnout Court sacks judges heading Ganduje’s probe panels Cholera: FG To End Open Defecation By 2025 Nigeria’s Economy Can Be Turned Around In Months — Dangote Kano Emirate Tussle: Bayero’s Lawyers Withdraw Legal Representation […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said intelligence at the disposal of some Civil Society Organisations showed that a former governor and two former ministers are behind the protests being organised against the agency. On Wednesday, the commission had raised the alarm that some groups were planning […]
Amid controversies that trailed the Kano Emirate tussle, the legal team of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero have withdrawn their services in the case before the Kano State High Court. The action by the legal team including two Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN was due to the court refusal to adjourn […]
A federal high court sitting in Kano has ordered two judges to resign their appointments as chairmen of the commission of inquiry constituted to probe Abdullahi Ganduje, the former governor of the state. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, Simon Amobeda, the presiding judge, held that Farouk Adamu and Zuwaira Yusuf ought not to […]
KuCoin, a cryptocurrency exchange, says it will commence collection of a 7.5 percent value-added tax (VAT) on transaction fees for users in Nigeria. The company said a regulatory update in Nigeria led to KuCoin’s decision to introduce the VAT. In a statement on July 3, the cryptocurrency platform said the deduction of the VAT […]
Officers from Ikorodu Area Command have rescued a nineteen-year old teenager who was on the verge of committing suicide few days ago. According to a statement by the police spokesperson in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said that a concerned citizen last Sunday, informed police authorities about a young girl who was attempting to […]
