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 former senator and human rights activist, Sen. Shehu Sani, has expressed his commitment to the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State in 2027. Sani gave the commitment in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. “The re-election of Tinubu and Gov. Sani…
A ban on ostentatious graduation parties in some Nigerian states has sparked a heated debate between education officials, parents, and school proprietors. Authorities in Ondo State said the prohibition was designed to protect families from “unnecessary financial exploitation” by schools and to shift the emphasis back to academic learning. Similar moves are being enforced in…
The Nigeria Women Football League (NWF) on Monday confirmed a change in venues for Ekiti and Adamawa Queens as the 2024/2025 NWFL Premiership resumes on March 19, after a two-week break. A statement by NWFL Chief Operating Officer, Modupe Shabi, the second-round clash between Ekiti Queens FC and Edo Queens FC, originally scheduled to be…
Operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) have apprehended a suspected notorious bandit and kidnapper in Sokoto amid the screening of intending Muslim pilgrims. The suspect, known as Sani Galadi, was taken into custody on Monday at Sultan Abubakar International Airport after being closely monitored by the operatives. This arrest follows the capture of…
Some traders in Lagos are lamenting the enforcement of the Lagos State Government ban on single use plastic on July 1. The traders disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. The ban, prohibits the sale, and use of disposable plastic bags, including the widely used black…
