Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out the Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and forfeit the sum of N70tn it alleged was stashed in 29 bank accounts by looters. The judge stated that the Federal Government’s lawyers and the private lawyers which it subsequently gave a fiat, did…
Landlords, residents and business owners have been rejoicing following the restoration of electricity after experiencing darkness for two years in Komkom Komkom community, in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. Reporters gathered that the development came after the inauguration of the rehabilitated Komkom 33 KVA feeder station in the community by the Port…
The Federal Government has raked in N10.1tn from the collection of Value Added Tax under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). This comes against the backdrop of the advice by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, that the incoming government should increase the VAT from the current 7.5 per cent to…
The family of an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Deborah Doofan, has been thrown into mourning after she died outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment. News providers gathered…
As the world celebrates the Women’s History month, Nigeria today has the opportunity to either leave a mark in history or to continue to allow the Patriachy system that has kept women in bondage for long.AMONG the 837 candidates jostling to become governors in today’s election are 24 women.The women are doing so in 18…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed Friday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on the capacity building between the two tax authorities. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman of FIRS on Media…
Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, has served Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with a certified true copy of the judgment order delivered on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, by Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, in favour of an Uber driver. In the judgment, the court ordered Lagos State…
Chairman of the National Peace Committee, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) has condemned reports of threats of intimidation and violence in some states ahead of the governorship and assembly elections on Saturday. Salami, a former Head of State in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday said political leaders must call on their supporters to ensure…
