Written by The Nigerian Senate erupted in a heated debate on Wednesday over the nation’s spiraling insecurity, with Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) launching a scathing critique of President Bola Tinubu’s administration for failing to hold the military accountable for withdrawing troops from a Kebbi school, paving the way for the abduction of dozens of students. Abaribe, […]
A witness from the Department of State Services (DSS) testified in the Federal High Court in Abuja that Tukur Mamu, who is on trial for allegedly funding terrorism, was never appointed by the federal government to negotiate with terrorists responsible for the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train in 2022. The witness, an operative of the […]
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the alleged non-payment of scholarship stipends to Nigerian students studying locally and overseas, following reports that many beneficiaries are now facing financial distress. The probe is being handled by the House Committee on Student Loans, Scholarships, and Higher Education Financing, chaired by Ifeoluwa Ehindero. The investigation […]
*Says Boko Haram Members, Armed Robbers Found On Army, Police Recruitment Lists Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris Wase, made a passionate plea during a special plenary session on Wednesday, urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider his directive withdrawing police protection from Very Important Persons (VIPs). Wase warned that the move […]
The Conference Planning Committee (CPC) of the 2025 NBA-SPIDEL Conference in Uyo has confirmed NACO Logistics Ltd as the official coordinator for hotel accommodation for delegates attending the event. Associate Professor Uju Agomoh, CPC Chair, advised all participants to make their hotel reservations through NACO Logistics to benefit from discounted rates and a seamless, comfortable […]
By Sylvester Udemezue At the recently held 2025 edition of the JASAN Foundation’s Legacy Dialogue 2.0 in Abuja, senior jurists and legal scholars raised alarm over the decline in legal education, ethics, intellectual depth, and mentorship within Nigeria’s legal profession. His Lordship, the Honorable Justice Emmanuel Agim of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, decried the […]
Former Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), requesting that a date be fixed for him to appear before the agency over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. In the letter dated November 24 and acknowledged by the EFCC on November 26, Sylva expressed concern […]
Download the draft of the Legal Practitioners Bill, 2025, as President Bola Tinubu has formally transmitted the proposed legislation to the National Assembly in a bold attempt to reshape Nigeria’s legal System. The executive bill, read for the first time today in both chambers, seeks to repeal the outdated Legal Practitioners Act, Cap L11, Laws […]
Amid the worsening security situation in the country, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a security emergency and directed the army and the police to recruit additional personnel. The President also called on the National Assembly to begin the process of reviewing the law to allow states that are willing to establish state police to […]
The Senate on Wednesday took some of its strongest security decisions in recent years, declaring kidnapping a form of terrorism and recommending the death penalty for offenders without the option of fine or judicial discretion to reduce the punishment. The move followed hours of tense deliberations over escalating insecurity in Kwara, Kebbi, Niger and neighbouring […]