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Senate halts Customs’ duty payment on old vehicles
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) proposed duty on old vehicles has been put on hold by the Senate. The NCS had issued a circular dated March 2, informing all Nigerians who had not paid duty on old vehicles to do so within a grace period of one month, to avoid…
Read More »Nursing mother arrested for ‘concealing pregnancy’
One Habiba Inusa and her seven-day-old baby has been remanded in prison by a Kano Sharia court for adultery. Habiba Inusa allegedly gave birth a day after she participated alongside 1,520 couples in a state-sponsored mass wedding last week. The Director General, Kano Hisbah Board, Dr. Abba Sifu, in an…
Read More »Atiku calls for merger of states
For the country to be able to solve some of its challenges there is the need for states to merge. Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar gave the advice on Monday while delivering the Annual Professor Ademola Popoola public lecture of the Faculty of Law at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),…
Read More »Give us our N10m with interest, Fayose tells Obasanjo
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has demanded the refund of his N10 million donated for the establishment of the Obasonjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, in 2005. Fayose alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo forced all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, in 2005, to donate N10 million each,…
Read More »Chibok girls: Stop engaging in finger pointing, Minister of Information tells Jonathan
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji lai Mohammed has cautioned the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan in what he termed finger-pointing over the issue of the Chibok girls who were abducted during his administration. Lai Mohammed, called Jonathan’s action an unnecessary distraction from the on-going efforts to secure the…
Read More »Employers association commends Osinbajo on his decline of assent to four bills
The Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has been commended on his decision to decline assent to four bills amended by the National Assembly, especially the National Lottery (Amendment), Bill 2016 due to an on-going court case against one of the Acts. The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) who…
Read More »Court finally separates Emeka Ike and wife
A Lagos Island Customary Court, on Thursday, dissolved the 17-year-old marriage of Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike and his wife, Suzanne Emma. The marriage between the Nollywood actor and his wife had hit the rock few years back, which subsequently led to Suzanne Emma, the estranged wife to approach the court…
Read More »Waste management: Lagos introduces public utility charge
The Lagos State Government has said that it would introduce a new annual public utility levy to be paid by residents of the state under the new waste management regime. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said that the new public utility levy will be introduced to replace all service fees previously paid…
Read More »52-year-old father docked over alleged rape of his 17-year-old daughter
One Chukwuma Eze, was on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly raping his daughter. Eze, 52, a driver, who resides at 2, Agbeke Close, Iyana-Era, Badagry Expressway, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of rape. The prosecutor, Sergeant Raphael Donny, told the…
Read More »Onnoghen confirmed Chief Justice of Nigeria
The Senate few minutes ago confirmed Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The lawmakers voted to confirm Mr. Onnoghen, after grilling him during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Onnoghen fielded questions on various subjects, relating to the independence of the judiciary, corruption in the judiciary, establishment of…
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