Israel and Hamas yesterday agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days, to let in aid and free at least 50 hostages held by militants in the Palestinian enclave in exchange for at least 150 Palestinians jailed ...
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Lawyers Demand Merit In Selection Of Supreme Court Justices
The list of 22 justices of the Court of Appeal recommended for elevation to the Bench of the Supreme Court is generating controversy among senior lawyers and stakeholders in the Nigerian judiciary. LEADERSHIP gathered that the list is already on ...
Read More »Reps Probe CBN, AGF, Others Over Revenue Leakages, Non-remittance Via Remita
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Accountant General of the Federation, Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) and Systemspec over through the Remita. Platform. The investigation is to cover non-compliance with Standard Operating ...
Read More »ECOWAS Parliament Seeks Review Of Sanctions On Niger Republic
The ECOWAS Parliament has called on the Head of States and governments in the region to lift the sanctions imposed on Niger Republic. The Heads of States in ECOWAS had last July imposed sanctions on Niger Republic to protest the ...
Read More »AMAC Chairman Lauds Wike’s Developmental Stride In FCT
The chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike’s developmental stride, for reactivating projects abandoned some 30 years ago. Maikalangu, who made this known yesterday ...
Read More »Obasanjo Cautions Judiciary Over Kano, Plateau, Zamfara Appeals
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday queried the propriety of three to five judges overturning the decisions made by millions of voters during an election, saying it is unacceptable. Obasanjo made this comment at the high-level consultation on Rethinking Western Liberal ...
Read More »Non-payment Of Service Fees: FG Revokes 1,633 Mining Licences
The federal government has revoked a total of 1,633 mineral titles after the affected mining companies failed to pay the stipulated administrative fees. The minister of solid minerals development, Dr Dele Alake, who disclosed this during a press briefing yesterday ...
Read More »Israel, Hamas Agree On 4-day Ceasefire In Gaza
Israel and Hamas, on Wednesday, agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days, to let in aids and free at least 50 hostages held by the militant group in the Palestinian enclave in exchange for at least ...
Read More »Foundation Gives N5m Aids To Ailing NOUN Student
A non-governmental organisation, Impact and Inspire Wuraolami Foundation, has rendered assistance worth more than N5million and a job opportunity to a student of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Akinwale Akinbode, who is down with kidney disease, just as it ...
Read More »Hoodlums Beat Ondo Commissioner, Disrupt OSOPADEC Bursary Award Ceremony
Suspected political thugs, on Wednesday, invaded the premises of the Ondo State Oil Development Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) and launched an attack on a Commissioner in the commission, Kehinde Akinrotoye. The hoodlums, who disrupted the bursary and scholarship award ceremony ...
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