In two months, Nigerians will begin utilising the services of the proposed three-in-one identity card, the National Identity Management Commission has confirmed. It said the single multipurpose card combining multiple functions of identity, financial and social services will be made available to citizens across the country by August this year. A […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of properties worth over N11.14 billion and N1.04 billion belonging to the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele to the Federal Government. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke issued the final forfeiture order after considering a motion filed by the […]

Awards N30 Million Against Firm   The National Industrial Court has held that Employee Compensation Act 2010, the current law dealing with compensation for work-related injury claims, does not exclude the right of action in negligence for industrial injury claims. The decision was handed down by the Presiding Judge of […]

REVEALED: At 289, Nigeria’s delegation is the largest at 2024 ILO conference Nigeria has the highest number of registered delegates at the ongoing 112th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland. According to a list published by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Nigeria’s delegation to the conference is the largest of the 187 […]

A coalition of Nigerian civil societies has announced a mass protest scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, to decry the hardship and hunger under the President Bola Tinubu-led government. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the participating groups include the Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), African Action Congress party (AAC), Joint Action Front (JAF), Education Rights […]

The Kwara State Government has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the suit filed by the Federal Government seeking full autonomy for the 774 Local Government (LG) Councils in the country. In a legal process filed at the apex court, the state contended that granting the reliefs sought by the […]

The N2.7bn contract fraud trial of the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, opened on Monday with a former Director of Procurement in the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Azubuike Okorie, testifying against him. Sirika is standing trial alongside his daughter, Fatima, son-in-law, Jalal Hamma, and their company, Al-Buraq Investment Limited. […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised a team of operatives to probe alleged mismanagement of N423 billion by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and some key members of his government. It was learnt that the former governor will soon be invited for questioning. Others slated for […]

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 12 as public holiday to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in a statement on Tuesday by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Aishetu Ndayako, congratulated Nigerians on the celebration. The statement partly read, “As we mark another […]

An aircraft carrying Saulos Klaus Chilima, Malawi’s Vice President and nine others has gone missing, Malawi’s presidency said on Monday. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” Malawi’s Office of the President and Cabinet said in […]