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Law & Society

Travel Agent faces charges of alleged visa fraud: pleads not guilty

Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko A Travel Agent, Segun Ilemobayo, 34, has been docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan for an alleged visa fraud. Ilemobayo was on Thursday charged with obtaining money under false pretence and stealing. He however pleaded not guilty to the

April 10, 2025

Business & Economy

NSACC ADVOCATES STRONG BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

Kemi Leke Bamtefa, Country Manager, South African Airways; Daniels Richard, Exco Member, Nigeria South Africa Chamber of Commerce; Osayaba Giwa-Osagie, Ex-officio Director, Nigeria South Africa Chamber of Commerce; Dr Ije Jidenma, Chairman, Nigeria South Africa Chamber of Commerce; Professor John Lamola, CEO,

April 10, 2025

Law & Society·Politics

BREAKING: Rivers Sole Administrator Appoints RSIEC Chairman Ahead Of August LG Election

Rivers Sole Administrator appoints RSIEC Chairman ahead of August LG Election The Rivers State Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas appoints administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State Recall that the Rivers State Independent Electoral Electoral Commission (RSIEC)

April 10, 2025

Politics

Elect Leaders At Polls, Not In Courtrooms – EU Urges Nigeria

EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, made this call in Abuja on Thursday during the official launch of a report titled “From Ballot to the Courts: Analysis of Election Petition Litigation from Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections”, produced by the

April 10, 2025

Law & Society

Nigeria has happened to Alabi Quadri

By Inibehe Effiong We were at the Magistrate Court of Lagos, Apapa Magisterial District, today the 9th day of April, 2025 to ascertain the facts and circumstances that led to the arrest, detention and subsequent remand of Alabi Quadri at the

April 10, 2025

News

Anambra State Govt mourns Maja

Maja Umeh, former Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism THE Anambra State government has mourned the passing of a former Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Maja Umeh. Umeh, a native of Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area of

April 10, 2025

Business & Economy

Zenith Bank Founder/Chairman, Jim Ovia, Honoured With Prestigious Freedom Of The City Of London

L-R: Chairman, Access Holdings Plc, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR; His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan; President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON; Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and Governor of Delta

April 10, 2025

News

Obi weighs in, as 15-year-old supporter is detained for over 3 months in Kirikiri prison

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi, has called for justice for Yusuf Alabi, a 15-year-old boy who has been held at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for over three months without trial. Alabi gained national attention in 2023

April 10, 2025

Technology

Mass Meter Rollout: Aba Power Sets Up 10-Person Team to Expedite Action

Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12 electricity distribution company (DisCo), has set up a high-powered team comprising 10 persons to ensure the speedy implementation of its mass meter rollout starting next week. Headed by Alfred Ategie, head of the Metering Team at

April 10, 2025

News

“IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO-THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AS ACCOMPLICES TO THE SOLE ADMINISTRATOR OF RIVERS STATE IN THE DAILY DISOBEDIENCE TO COURT ORDERS: A Case Study of Prof. Worika and Dr. Sam Kalagbor”

By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja. “It takes two to tango” may be used to mean “a quarrel requires two disputing parties,” is an expression which is often used in situations in which both partners in the dispute should or could be

April 10, 2025