By Nsa Gill, Calabar   The Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River State Comrade Ben Ukpekpi has been kidnapped. The assailants whisked Ukpebi away on Sunday night in front of his house at CROSPIL Estate, Akpabuyo, on the o...

From Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan   Popular Ibadan-based Islamic cleric Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold yesterday withdrew the suit he filed against the suspected abductors of his twins. The cleric made the withdrawal at the Oyo State High Court, Ringroad Iba...

By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti   Widow of a former Surveyor-General of Ekiti State Mrs Funmilola Osalusi has been abducted by gunmen. The ex-surveyor-general Felix Osalusi died recently. His widow is a staff member of Ado Local Government Council of th...

By John Austin Unachukwu   A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) at the weekend disagreed with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over her call for Nigeria to ...

By Precious Igbonwelundu   A woman who allegedly knocked down a pedestrian with her Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and dumped her body on the road has been taken into police custody in Lagos. Police said Anita Harrison, upon finding that Nofiat Idowu w...

There is no consensus among bankers or lawyers as to whether the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can lawfully require bankers to declare their assets, but stakeholders believe it is a key step in the battle against the unholy romance ...

Incorporated Trustees of Christian Association of Nigeria & Ors V. Kwara State Government & Ors Citation: LOR (20/09/2019) CA In The Court of Appeal of Nigeria On Thursday, the 20th day of September, 2019 CA/IL/108/2016 Before Their Lordships...

By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti    Three suspects, Adenijo Olusola aka Solar, Paul Folorunso, and Adebayo Serifat have been remanded in an Ado-Ekiti correctional centre for alleged murder. The suspects were yesterday brought before Chief MagistrateR...

By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna     No fewer than 19 commuters have died and 34 others injured in an auto crash on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. The crash occurred on Sunday in the Kateri area of the expressway. Kaduna State Commissioner for In...

By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie and Oyebola Owolabi   Lagos and some other states could not access the Universal Basic Education (UBE) fund, despite paying their counterpart funding because of deductions from the fund during the COVID-19 crisis, it was le...