A court of appeal in Kaduna has ruled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) should not impound foreign rice in the open market or on highways. In a judgment delivered on December 6, a three-member panel of justices led by Ntong Ntong held that existing laws restrict NCS’ enforcement to land borders only. The judgment […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has given owners of the 762 plots of land in Maitama II District, Cadastral Zone, A10, Abuja, a fresh two-week ultimatum to pay for their Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) or risk final revocation of their allocation. This was disclosed this in a statement on Friday by […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to pay N15 million damages over the unlawful deduction of a subscriber’s airtime through unsolicited services. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, described as fraudulent, the regular deduction of airtime of customers by the […]

A High Court sitting in Akwukwu-Igbo Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has sentenced one Obinna Eze to death for killing a six-month-old boy, Chimaobi Igwe. The court presided over by Justice Marcel Okoh convicted and sentenced Obinna Eze to death by hanging on Thursday. The defendant was arraigned before the Court on […]

A fire incident has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson in the Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The tragedy, which affected a storey building, occurred in the early hours of Friday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, […]

The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has condemned the act of raining direct curses on individuals online, emphasising that such behaviour constitutes cyberbullying and is a punishable offence. In a post on X.com on Friday, Adejobi stated that the act of targeting someone with harsh and abusive language online goes […]

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024. AFP looks back at the major stories that made the headlines: – Mideast war spreads –After the unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel continued its offensive against […]

Former President Muhammadu Buhari does not “personally” own the revoked land in the Federal Capital Territory, his spokesperson Garba Shehu has said. Buhari’s name was contained in Thursday’s report revealing the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike’s decision to revoke land titles belonging to several high-profile individuals. But reacting the the report in a statement […]

Friday 20 December 2024 Suspension of 18 Edo LGA chairmen illegal, unconstitutional — AGF Ibadan stampede: Death toll rises to 35; police arrest Ooni’s ex-wife IPoB lawyer, Ejiofor hails judgment discharging 5 Biafra agitators in Umuahia Supreme Court, NAHCON, others fail ICPC integrity scorecard LASG begins 2,200 police housing units, donates 260 vehicles Tax bills: […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has declared the suspension of Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas, LGAS, in Edo State as illegal and unconstitutional. The AGF, who spoke to journalists in Abuja yesterday, stressed that removing from office or suspending any elected LG […]