The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says that competition and consumer protection laws are the most dynamic and litigated fields of legal practice across jurisdictions. Kekere-Ekun said this at a three-day strategic judicial training on “Competition and Consumer Protection Laws” held in Abuja on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
Sen Abdul-Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has paid over N1.3 billion as fertiliser subsidy to farmers for this year’s wet farming season across the state. Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji, Chairman, Yari’s Publicity Committee, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday. Birnin-Magaji quoted Alhaji Lawal Liman, Chairman, Sen. Yari Political Organisation, as saying this while inspecting the…
Various sources reported on Wednesday that at least 10 people were hospitalised with gunshot injuries during rallies in Kenya. According to a hospital source and a report by Citizen Television, the rallies were to mark the first anniversary of protests against a tax bill that turned deadly. It was not immediately clear who had shot…
Yobe Government says it has intensified immunisation campaigns across the state to curb the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Muhammad Gana disclosed this during a Media Dialogue and Field Mission to commemorate the 2025 African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week on Tuesday in Damaturu. He said the…
By Olugbenga Salami Following the threats by the United States President Donald Trump to deploy airstrike and ground troops to help fight terrorists in Nigeria, a security expert, Dr. Jackson Lekan Ojo has advised the federal government to diplomatically engage the Trump administration for amicable resolution. The American President had tagged Nigeria a country…
A group of registered voters from Kogi Central Senatorial District on Monday submitted a petition to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the recall process of suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate. The constituents, in a letter signed by the Lead Petitioner, Salihu Habib, submitted at INEC headquarters, Abuja on Monday, declared…
The Emir of Ilorin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has urged the players of Kwara United Football Club to remain focused and determined ahead of the 2025 President’s Federation Cup final. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the final is scheduled for June 28 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos, against Abakaliki FC. Gambari,…
Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja on Monday sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging. Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased ( his wife) on April 8, 2022. The judge held that the prosecution…
The Adamawa State Government has concluded arrangements to receive President Bola Tinubu for a one-day official visit to the state on Monday, according to James Iliya, commissioner for the Ministry of Information and Strategy. The commissioner, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Yola, said that the visit…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede has said that the Nigerian Army has introduced new techniques and procedures to defeat the natuon’s adversaries and end terrorism. He said this during a fire power demonstration exercise of the 2025 Combat Arms Training Week (CAT), on Wednesday in Bauchi. Represented by Maj:-Gen. Henry Wesley,…
