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The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has conferred the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 57 distinguished legal professionals, including one academic, after its 169th plenary session held on Thursday, July 24, 2025. According to a statement signed by Kabir Eniola Akanbi, Esq., Chief Registrar of the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an unregistered chemical warehouse in Kano State following the discovery of a massive stockpile of hazardous materials suspected to be linked to the illegal production of explosives. Acting on a tip-off, NAFDAC enforcement officers raided the…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) have renewed their commitment to deepen collaboration in addressing regional threats such as insecurity, disinformation, and governance vulnerabilities. This was the outcome of a high-level meeting between Ms. Amanda Dory, Director of the ACSS,…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed that Nigerian domestic airlines refunded over ₦1.03 billion to 5,285 passengers between April and June 2025, following heightened regulatory enforcement and consumer protection efforts. The update, posted on the authority’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, revealed: “Between the months of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to defeating terrorism and banditry in Nigeria, declaring that security remains a top priority under his national agenda. Speaking at the commissioning of the first phase of housing projects for victims of banditry in Kaduna State on Tuesday, the President—represented by…
A Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia has sentenced 27-year-old Ahmadu Yaro to 21 years in prison with hard labour for the rape of a three-month-old baby, an act described by the presiding judge as “barbaric and demonic.” Delivering the long-awaited judgment, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu condemned the assault as “a…
fatal crash involving a Toyota Hummer bus and a commercial trailer claimed the lives of nine passengers including three children along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. According to a statement issued by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander, Usman Muhammad, the deadly collision occurred around 3:30 p.m. on July 18,…
As the debate over local government autonomy intensifies across Nigeria, former Lagos State governor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Babatunde Fashola, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect local councils to function independently under the country’s current constitutional framework. Speaking during a live interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Fashola…
The Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi, has been charged with money laundering and conspiracy by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), alongside two top officials of the commission. In a statement issued by the ICPC spokesperson Demola Bakare…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has successfully coordinated the return of 294 Nigerian migrants stranded in Agadez, Niger Republic, back to the country. In a statement issued in NEMA’s Kano Operations Office confirmed that, the repatriation exercise was carried out via two chartered flights, both of which landed at…
