VIO barred from stopping, impounding and confiscating vehicles Credit : Temitope Hassan October 3, 2024 -Advertise with us! A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order barring the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (otherwise known as VIO) from further stopping vehicles on the road, impounding or confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists. […]
from the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos were abducted by gunmen while traveling to Enugu State.
The students, mostly from the University of Maiduguri Medical Students Association (UMMESA), were en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FCMDS) Annual Convention.
Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), has urged students across the country to uphold integrity and shun corrupt practices. Aliyu made the call on Wednesday at an anti-corruption debate among student members of Anti-Corruption Vanguards in Abuja. The event with the theme, βYouths Rise Against Corruptionβ was organised by […]
The founder and Group Managing Director of Dozzy Group, Chief Daniel Chukwudozie, has denied that he had reached an out-of-court settlement with Chief Cletus Ibeto and his group of companies over their ongoing criminal prosecution over an alleged N4.8 billion Fraud before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. In a press statement issued […]
Alhaji Abubakar Ahmad, the newly elected President of the National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB), has called on President Bola Tinubu to approve fiscal and other incentives for Microfinance Banks (MFBs). Ahmad made the call while delivering his post-election speech at the14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association in Abuja, on Monday. He said […]
Mr Yaβu Ibrahim, the officer in-charge, Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, has commended the partnership of the Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN) with the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) on inmatesβ reformation and rehabilitation. Ibrahim gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He was speaking at the end of an annual Promised Path Education […]
The management of Jesenem Iron & Steel Ltd, has petitioned the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Inspector General of Police over alleged unlawful demolition of its property, intimidation, threat to life by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources. The firm had in a petition signed by it’s lawyer, […]
Well-meaning Nigerians have donated at least one million naira on behalf of ex-inmates Ismail Lasisi and Lukman Adeyemi, who spent 24 years in prison for the ritual killing of a woman they knew nothing about. In an emotional interview with The Punch, Lasisi and Adeyemi shared their harrowing experience. They were arrested and detained in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday grilled the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Malam Jalal Arabi, over alleged mismanagement of 2024 Hajj exercise fund. Arabi was at the office of the anti-graft agency to answer questions on how the commission spent the N90 billion subsidy for the exercise. […]
An NGO, Yiaga Africa, has inaugurated People’s Assembly at Ibadan Southwest Local Government Area (IBSWLGA), Oyo State to strengthen democracy at the grassroots level. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by Yiaga Africa in collaboration with Open Society Foundations to promote inclusive governance in Nigeria. The Senior Programme Officer, […]