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Nigeria has called for stronger international disaster-response arrangements that protect national sovereignty while guaranteeing financial assistance, technology transfer and early-warning capabilities. The country outlined its priorities during the General Assembly’s Sixth Committee negotiations on a proposed international convention protecting people affected by

By Paul Sanusi  An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecution witness, Jamilu Abdullahi, today informed the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that a total sum of N1.425 billion  were transferredl through two companies linked to Abba Adaudu,

By Paul Sanusi A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced an Estate Agent, Salami Abideen Jide, to six years imprisonment for unlawful importation of 32.2 Kilogrames of cannabis sativa, popularly called marijuana, a prohibited narcotic drug. Jide was convicted

By Paul Sanusi Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has discharged and acquitted a woman, Timileyin Iyama, accused of possessing 7,385 Kilogrames of cannabis, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. In discharging and

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has constituted a three-member investigative committee to probe allegations of financial impropriety surrounding a ₦100 million gift presented by the Imo State Government to the NBA Owerri Branch. ​The announcement was

Troops of Sector 2 under Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, overran a major Lakurawa terrorist enclave in Waria Forest, Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, neutralising several fighters and destroying their logistics base. ​The successful offensive occurred during

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted three executive bills to the House of Representatives seeking to overhaul Nigeria’s drug enforcement laws, expand the mandate of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), and replace the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) with a new

Industrial tension mounted across Nigeria on Thursday as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) formally rejected the Federal Government’s official response to its package of economic demands, raising the spectre of a nationwide industrial action as a 14-day ultimatum draws closer to expiration.