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A 24-year-old farmer, Bilal Salisu, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison by the Jos Magistrates’ Court for diverting N1,478,000 intended for the purchase of chemicals. The sentence was passed on Tuesday after Salisu pleaded guilty to the charge. […]

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), received the newly elected executive members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria at the NBA House in Abuja. The delegation was […]

The Nigerian military has released many of the 142 soldiers who had been detained for offenses ranging from 18 months to five years without trial. The soldiers, who were accused of various offenses such as stealing or losing weapons to […]

Contributor: Victor Atang The Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) has long been a cornerstone of the nation’s economic framework, playing a critical role in facilitating international trade, managing currency flows, and stabilizing the national economy. In a bid to strengthen […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has ordered Chief Ali Odefa, the expelled National Vice Chairman of the PDP South-East, to pay N100 million in damages. This ruling follows a lawsuit filed by 20 PDP members, including […]

U.S. immigration agents raided business establishments in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday and detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, including a U.S. military veteran, the city’s mayor said. The raid in New Jersey’s most populous city, hailed in the […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate 38 Nigerian Army officers who were retired prematurely eight years ago. Falana, who is the counsel for the 38 soldiers, also urged Tinubu to take judicial […]

From Sola Ojo, Abuja The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiga, has decried the existence of 700 checkpoints where truck drivers conveying agricultural products are forced to pay an average of N1.2 million per trip, hence the high […]

By Chinwendu Obienyi Commerical banks in the country yesterday issued warnings to their customers about the rise in fake bank alerts, a tactic commonly used by fraudsters to deceive individuals and businesses. According to statements from different banks seen by […]

Construction work has intensified on the $1.96 billion Kano-Maradi rail project despite the strained relations between the Federal Government and the military junta in Niger after a lull. The Nigerien government had accused the Bola Tinubu administration of plotting to […]