The Chief Judge of Rivers state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, has granted pardon to 53 inmates standing trial for various offences at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre. The exercise is part of the activities outlined to kick off the 2023/2024 legal year in the state, as well as being a move to decongest the…
“In the New Nigeria of our dreams, abuse of power and the reckless violation of citizens’ rights through acts of impunity will have no place. The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has criticised the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Imo…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has notified the public that the recalled G Fuel brand Energy Drinks by T&E Imports and GPAE Trading Corp contains high levels of caffeine. The notification of this product is contained in a public alert with No. 034/2023, issued to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday…
Falana, who said three of the appointees are members of the All Progressives Congress while one is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, condemned their confirmation by the Senate. Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says the problems the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are facing in conducting credible elections would be complicated by…
Two participants at the 2023 annual conference of the Women in Business, Management and Public Service have won a total of N3m in the Impact Investment Award. The award, sponsored by Nigerian Bottling Company Plc, saw one of the winners, Aladesuyi Ademidesola, honoured with N1m, while Eziafakaku Nwokolo, a board certified behaviour analyst, was rewarded…
The House of Representatives has opposed the N4.79bn budgetary allocation for a presidential yacht contained in the N2.176trn supplementary budget for the 2023 financial year transmitted to it on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu. In passing the supplementary budget on Thursday, the House moved the sum proposed for the yacht to student loan, bringing the…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has commended the positive response of the new leadership of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) over the arrest of some students of Obafemi Awolowo University, calling for expedited due process in the handling of the matter. The Governor in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed…
Osun State Government in partnership with World Bank, has screened over 300 rural women for breast and cervical cancer across three local government areas in the state. A 3-day sensitisation and awareness campaign program tagged Nigeria For Women Project and themed “Say No to breast and cervical cancer” was conducted in three local government areas…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of members of non-statutory boards as well as Chairmen, Secretaries and members of Local Government Education Boards. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor directed that the appointments take immediate effect while…
A Sharia Court domiciled in the Kano State Hisbah Board in Sharada area of Kano, on Tuesday, sentenced eight cross-dressers to three-month imprisonment at a Correctional Centre with an option of fine. The sentencing of the offenders followed their admission of guilt during their arraignment before the Hisbah Shari’a Court. The presiding Judge, Khadi Tanimu-Sani,…
