Mr Seyi Jakande, the son of the former Lagos State Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, has urged Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to revisit the discussion on renaming Lagos State University (LASU) after his father. He made the appeal at the Maiden Edition of Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture, 2023, organised by... Read more
The Bank of Industry (BOI) and the Institute of Appraisers and Cost Engineers (IACE), a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), have intensified talks on areas of collaboration to create jobs and produce employable graduates in schools. BOI told members of the IACE, who visited the... Read more
By Emmanuel Ogebe Right from the parking lot, things were different today. Inside the courtroom, the Petitioner himself, ex-VP Atiku was seated in the Plaintiff’s left side row – his first appearance at any of the half dozen sessions I had attended in June and July. Even the... Read more
The Media Office of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation has reacted to the report on the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, recently published by the London-based The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) with the headline ‘When Brigandage Meets Merchantalism’, pooh-poohing it as “yet another transactional work... Read more
Aggrieved elders from the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have condemned relentless attempts by former President Goodluck Jonathan to nominate the state’s ministerial slot in President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s forthcoming cabinet. The stakeholders under the auspices of the Bayelsa APC Elders Council wondered why... Read more
…Seeks Severe Sanctions For Culprits Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Saturday, called on President Bola Tinubu to set up an independent panel to unravel the unending mystery surrounding oil theft in Nigeria and probe oil bunkering and allied crimes, especially from... Read more
The Bayelsa chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it is in dialogue with Bayelsa government to improve welfare of the workforce to cushion the impact of economic challenges. Mr John Angese, Secretary of NLC in Bayelsa who spoke on behalf of the Chairman, Mr Simon Bernabas reacted... Read more
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, VS. Civil Action No. 13-1832 (JDB) ALL ASSETS HELD IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 80020796, IN THE NAME OF DORAVILLE PROPERTIES CORPORATION, AT DEUTSCHE BANK INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED IN JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS, AND ALL INTEREST, BENEFITS,... Read more
The Huaman Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described as “atrocious and wicked,” the demolition of built up properties in the Ajao part of Lagos regardless of the fact that the owners of the properties acquired and developed them under the complicit watch of the authorities that are... Read more
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the current trips round the world of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, which he claims is to tell the foreign countries the “true story” of the elections... Read more