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Nigerian government, on Friday, arraigned 76 persons, mainly underage children detained over involvement in the August nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria. The suspects are facing a ten-count charge bordering on alleged treason, and conspiracy to commit felony with intent to destabilize Nigeria, which is […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator who represented the Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye has been acquitted in the twelfth and final case against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This lengthy legal battle began six years ago, in February 2018 when Melaye faced accusations of falsely implicating Edward Onoja, the then-chief of Staff, to Kogi State […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the imprisonment of corrupt politicians in Nigeria, stating that “thieves cannot provide just governance.” The Nigerian statesman made this demand while speaking virtually at the memorial lecture for Denis Joseph Slattery, a late cleric, in Lagos. In his speech, titled: “The Imperative for Moral Rectitude in […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council (NECO), even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced on Channels Television’s […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award valid degrees to Nigerians in both Togo and Benin Republic. Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Mamman said the revelation was part of a report submitted to the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Passport effective from 1st September, 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday night, August 21, the Nigeria Immigration Service says based on the review, a 32-page Passport booklet with 5 year validity previously charged at Thirty-five Thousand Naira (N35,000.00) will now be Fifty […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has traced at least N83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests, according to Punch. They include $50m of cryptocurrency — $38m of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and N4bn contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina. This was part […]
Continue ReadingPublisher of Sahara Reporters, activist and Nigerian politician, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Nigerian government has purchased an Airbus A330 Presidential Jet worth $150 million. According to him, the jet, an A330-200 initially christened VP-CAC was registered as 5N-FGA. He shared a photo of the said jet on his Instagram page, yelesho and wrote: […]
Continue ReadingEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses in its handling of the #EndSARS protests in October 2020. In a ruling on Wednesday, July 10, the court determined that the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly the excessive use of force at the Lekki Toll […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, that he will, under section 17 of the Federal High Court Act, seek negotiations with the Nigerian Government. Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act states; “In any Proceeding In the court, the court […]
Continue ReadingAttorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has filed a suit with number SC/CV/343/2024, on behalf of the Federal Government, at the Nigerian supreme Court, against the 36 state governors in the country while seeking full autonomy for local governments. The AGF, in the suit, urged the apex court to issue […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu has announced the suspension of transfer of regulatory authority to state governments. Speaking at the 8th edition of the Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP) conference in Abuja on Friday, May 17, Adelabu said the decision was taken because state governments and stakeholders in the power sector need to properly […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government had declared Wednesday, May 1, 2024 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers or Labour Day. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration, according to the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Aishetu Ndayako. “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, 1st May, 2024, as a Public Holiday to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, on Friday, April 26, announced the federal government’s plan to set up a $10 billion diaspora fund to attract investment from citizens living abroad. The Minister revealed that the diaspora fund will support critical sectors including infrastructure, health care and education to grow the economy, […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with the BBC, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said that Nigerian Government may demand over $10bn from Binance as a penalty amid moves to salvage the value of the naira. Onanuga alleged that Binance profited substantially from its “illegal transactions” in Nigeria while the nation […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja Nigeria, on Friday, ordered Nigerian government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Mr Giwa was 39 years old, when, on October 19, 1986, he was blown to smithereens by a parcel bomb […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has applied to withdraw the treasonable felony charge that the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led government filed against a civil rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, in 2019. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in a letter dated February 14, which he wrote […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has authorised the relocation of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos This was revealed in a memo signed by the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku. The memo reads: “The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has directed that the Headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NIS, Dr. Adedotun Aridegbe on Tuesday in Abuja, noting that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi […]
Continue ReadingAttorney-General of the Federation and Nigerian Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has submitted a warrant of arrest and request to the Crown Prosecution Services of the United Kingdom for the immediate extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Punch reports that the request, made on the orders of President Bola Tinubu, […]
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