The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has rejected a request by Chief Afe Babalola SANās 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. Peterās 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 weekās tragic stampede at Bashorun Islamic High School. The individuals include the schoolās 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 administrationās decision to raise the national minimum wage from ā¦35,000 to ā¦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. āThere are so…
President Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians to step up their management skill in reducing electricity bills. āItās not negative to learn to manage. You learn to control your electricity bill, switch off the light, letās learn to manage,ā 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 administrationās 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,…
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated that he has no regrets about removing the fuel subsidy, emphasising that the decision was necessary to secure Nigeriaās financial future. Speaking on Monday during a live presidential media chat broadcast nationwide, Tinubu explained that the subsidy was draining the countryās resources and jeopardizing future investments. He said, āWe are…
A non governmental organisation, TOOL Community Development Initiatives, has distributed food items to over 1000 people drawn from various towns in Ibarapa zone of Oyo State. The beneficiaries comprising widows, less privileged, orphanages, people with disabilities and others. Titilope Oguntade Oladele Community Development Initiatives on Monday, distributed food items, sewing machines, deep freezers, hair dryers,…