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The President Bola Tinubu administration has no respect for the rule of law, a judge said during a ruling on Thursday. Nicholas Oweibo, a federal high court judge, in Lagos said this while giving his ruling on the ‘illegal possession of firearms and ammunition” charges against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. On Tuesday, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) …

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, struck out charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition preferred against suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Meanwhile, the scheduled arraignment of Emefiele on a fresh 20-count charge was, also on Thursday, stalled at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting at Maitama. This was owing …

Troops of the Economic Community of West African States have pledged readiness to deploy its standby force that could restore civil rule in Niger Republic should diplomatic efforts to reverse the coup there fail. All member states except those under military rule and Cape Verde pledged to participate in the standby force at a meeting in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on …

The planned arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele was on Thursday stalled at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. Though Emefiele was in Court, the second defendant, Saadat Yaro was absent in Court prompting the arraignment to be shifted till August 23. The prosecution counsel and Director of Public Prosecution of …

The Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Dr. Adelabu Adedeji, has revealed that illicit financial flows if not checked will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, and threaten economic stability and sustainable development. Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Dr. Adelabu Adedeji He made this known in Abuja on Thursday at a one-day hybrid sensitisation workshop …

l Presidency explains disbursement, benefits of loan l NECA lists measures to reduce forex pressures The Naira yesterday recorded significant gain against the dollar in the parallel market and the official Investors and Exporters, I&E window even as the forex market received a major supply boost as   the NNPC Limited secured a $3 billion facility from the AfreximBank aimed at stabilising the exchange rate. …

In the fast-paced world of politics, a single misstep can reverberate far beyond its initial utterance. Such was the case when the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, made a seemingly innocuous statement that set off a firestorm of controversy. Akpabio, on August 7, before the Senate adjourned for a seven-week annual recess, told his colleagues that money had been sent to …

The former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, has said Nigerians take too much rubbish from politicians, encouraging the masses not to be intimidated by political leaders. According to Sanusi, if the politicians are not held to account, coming generations might have no country to call theirs. Sanusi, a former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, said that most …

President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to the ministerial nominees recently cleared for appointment by the Senate of the National Assembly. Appointing the portfolios, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu named former Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Other portfolios as released by the President on Wednesday are as follows: Ministers of Defence Mohammed Badaru, Housing and Urban …

…Says he regrets afterwards BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – An 85-year-old man has allegedly hacked his wife to death for persistently refusing him sexual intercourse in Benin City. Detectives in the homicide section of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Edo State Police Command have taken into their custody the suspect and the machete used for the killing. …