A magistrate’s court in Ogba, Lagos, has granted bail to TikToker Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as Seaking, setting the amount at ₦500,000 with two sureties in the same sum. The court’s decision on Monday followed Seaking’s arrest on Saturday after he posted a video on social media allegedly inciting attack on police officers should they…
A human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi, has been released from the correctional centre in Ekiti State after meeting his bail conditions. His arrest followed a petition written to the police by Babalola who accused him of defaming him in his recently published book ‘Nigeria And Its Criminal Justice System.” Farotimi was released on Tuesday morning….
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has rejected a request by Chief Afe Babalola SAN’s law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the law practising license of lawyer and author, Tomilola Farotimi, also known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. Farotimi was brought before the LPDC based on a petition authored…
Pope Francis will open the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff will open the Holy Door, which is otherwise walled up from the inside, and pass through it. The Catholic Church normally celebrates a Holy Year, also…
A Chief Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered the remand of three key figures in connection with last week’s tragic stampede at Bashorun Islamic High School. The individuals include the school’s principal, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi; the proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat; and Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife of Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi,…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have ambushed an Ado-Ekiti-bound 18-passenger bus at Emure Ile, kidnapping all the passengers on board. The incident occurred on the outskirts of Emure-Owo on Sunday night, at the boundary between Ekiti and Ondo states, as the bus was returning from Onitsha. A source at the Road Transport Employers Association…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described his administration’s decision to raise the national minimum wage from ₦35,000 to ₦70,000 as a critical step in the fight against corruption. Speaking during his first presidential media chat on Monday, Tinubu explained that paying workers a living wage is a practical mechanism to deter corruption. “There are so…
President Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians to step up their management skill in reducing electricity bills. “It’s not negative to learn to manage. You learn to control your electricity bill, switch off the light, let’s learn to manage,” Tinubu said on Monday in a chat with reporters at his Bourdillon residence in the highbrow Ikoyi…
President Bola Tinubu has stated that while corruption cannot be completely eradicated, it can be reduced to its barest minimum. Speaking during a live presidential media chat broadcast nationwide, Tinubu emphasised the importance of addressing systemic flaws to curb corruption. He said in part, “Block all the loopholes, where anybody can just gain in the…
President Bola Tinubu has stated that his administration’s tax reforms have come to stay. The Nigerian leader stated this on Monday night while speaking during his first presidential media chat in Lagos State. The tax reform bills, which are before the National Assembly, have generated controversies and met push back especially from the Northern leaders,…