The Federal High Court in Lagos will on July 18 hear a suit by Sterling Bank and its subsidiaries challenging the House of Representatives’ authority to investigate the management of funds in the accounts of two of its customers – Dr. Innocent Usoro and Miden Systems Limited. The plaintiffs – Sterling Bank, Sterling Financial Holdings…
A devastating tragedy struck Agyaragu community in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday, as five children suffocated to death inside an abandoned vehicle. The victims, aged between 6 and 10 years, were reportedly playing in an old, disused car parked in an uninhabited residential compound when they became trapped and suffocated due…
In a strategic move to enhance Nigeria’s domestic economy and promote local content, President Bola Tinubu has introduced a policy prohibiting Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) from acquiring foreign goods or services that are already produced locally, unless a written waiver is obtained from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). On Monday, the Federal Executive…
Justice Ricardo Gonçalves has assumed the presidency of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, advocating for justice to be integrated into the everyday lives of West African communities. During a sensitization outreach event held in Lagos, Gonçalves emphasized the need for justice to move beyond the confines of courtrooms and legal texts, arguing that it is…
Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has charged Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) participants to provide practical solutions to insecurity issues in their study tour reports. Ibas gave the advice when the Senior Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, paid him a courtesy visit in Port Harcourt on Monday….
Umuezeukwu community in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government of Abia has renewed its appeal to the state government to further reduce its land earmarked for the proposed Abia Airport project. The community leaders told journalists on Monday in Umuezeukwu that their plea for 500-meter buffer zone from their homes had been consistently ignored by the…
The Zamfara State Lawyer Forum has endorsed the Nigerian House of Representatives’ decision to summon Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal and leaders of the state’s House of Assembly, amid a deepening crisis within the legislature and escalating insecurity across the northwestern state. The forum, a prominent legal advocacy group, described the summons as a constitutionally…
Armed men suspected to be bandits launched a deadly attack on Saturday night, killing several vigilante members and civilians in a coordinated assault on three villages in Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Nation gathered that the affected communities—Mansur, Digare, Sabuwar Sara, and Yalo—were ambushed while residents were asleep. Most of…
Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced plans to close down the Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri within the next few weeks. The governor made the announcement during an early morning visit to the camp on Monday. Zulum said that the decision to shut down the camp was in line with his administration’s…
Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has threatened to sue those behind his arrest and detention over the halted defamation case between him and legal luminary Afe Babalola (SAN). Police authorities had in December arrested Farotimi in Lagos and whisked him to Ekiti, where he was charged with defaming Babalola in his book: ‘Nigeria and Its…
