JUST IN: Court sacks 15 Ebonyi lawmakers over defection to APC

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered 15 members of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, including the Speaker, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately vacate their seats.

Missing lady’s corpse recovered, BRT driver arrested, lawyers tackle Lagos

A Lagos Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Nice, alleged to be involved in the abduction of a 21-year-old tailor, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, has been arrested. The police also said the remains of the victim had been recovered. PUNCH Metro had reported that Oluwabamise, who closed from work around 7pm […]

CNPP carpets National Assembly for rejecting gender bills

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has joined women to protest the rejection of bills meant to promote the interest of the female gender by the National Assembly and urged lawmakers to end the habit of taking the country back to the primitive days and revisit the bills.

Heavy security as Osun PDP elects gov candidate

There was heavy security presence at Osogbo City Stadium on Tuesday as Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State elects its candidate for the 2022 governorship election.

BREAKING: Court sacks Umahi, deputy over defection to APC

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress.

Again, women storm National Assembly over rejected bills

Women in their numbers have, again, stormed the National Assembly following the rejection of women-related bills.

BREAKING: Reps make U-turn, rescind votes on rejected gender bills

The House of Representatives has reversed itself on three gender-related bills that failed to pass in the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution.

IWD- The Grundnorm honours female lawyers driving the new media in the legal profession

In the past seven years, how lawyers receive news bordering on the profession and politics has changed.Women have been in the forefront of this aspect of lawyers.Funke Aboyade of Thisday Law, was admired by many as she remarkably took the coverage of Lawyers to an unprecedented height. I […]

Court orders Buhari, AGF, Senate President, Speaker, others to implement Electoral Act 2022

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained President Muhamadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Senate President, Speaker and others from refusing to implement the newly passed Electoral Act as it is.

Abba Kyari pleads not guilty to drug trafficking

Suspended DCP Abba Kyari on Monday pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charge filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Kyari told Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, following his arraignment, alongside six others, on allegations bordering on […]

BREAKING: Tension as security operatives seal off APC Secretariat

The leadership crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new dimension on Monday when armed security men took over the national headquarters of the party in Abuja.

BREAKING: Missing fashion designer feared dead

The 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who went missing after boarding a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) service, has been reportedly found dead.

We’ll remove all impediments to doing business – Osinbajo

Abuja Bureau ChiefThe federal government is determined to eliminate all impediments to doing business in the country, Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, has said He spoke while commissioning the Bankers’ House of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), last week.

Implement 2009 agreement, fund or shut varsities, says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has advised the Federal Government to either fund universities or shut them down. The National President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, who said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Sunday, insisted that government must implement the agreement it signed […]

World Bank projects N4tn 2022 fuel subsidy, experts predict more loans

Nigeria could spend N360bn monthly on subsidy, says World Bank The Country Director, World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri, says Nigeria’s decision to postpone the full deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry by 18 months may cost the country over N4tn in subsidy payments on petrol in […]