These are indeed happy times for the Nigerian judiciary as the federal government is considering an upward review of their salary. To this end, The House of Representatives has passed the bill for upward review of salaries, allowances and fringe benefits for Judicial Office Holders across the country.The bill passed through the Third Reading in…
A bill seeking to grant five-month leave to persons who lose their spouse has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.Sponsored by Honourable Saidu Abdullahi, the bill seeks to enable the widow or widower mourn and make immediate arrangements for the challenges ahead.Honourable Saidu argues that there is a need for consideration of the…
The Senate has passed the Student Loans Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024.The passage followed the consideration of a report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), presented by the Chairman representing Katsina South, Sen. Mohammed Muntari.President Bola Tinubu had last week, written to the Senate…
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has suffered another serious knee injury, further denting his recovery processCourtois was on the edge of returning from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.The Belgium international, 31, has had surgery after tearing the meniscus in his right knee in training.He ruptured the ACL in his left knee in August and has…
A Spanish court has ruled that ex-Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves can be conditionally released from jail after serving about a quarter of his sentence for rape.Alves, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison last month, will be released on a €1m bail.He had been held in pre-trial detention since…
Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo has received his first call-up to the England squad for the upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Belgium. Eighteen year old Mainoo was originally named in the under-21s squad but has been promoted to Gareth Southgate’s senior side. England play Brazil on Saturday and Belgium on 26 March – both at…
A former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has taunted the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, following his breaking of Ramadan fast with the Muslim faithful in Nasarawa state on Monday. A video surfaced on social media where Obi sat in a mosque to have Iftar (the meal eaten by Muslims…
Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday directed the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man committee to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the embattled Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. Nineteen out of the 24 members of the House voted in favour of the resolution. Earlier, the…
Justice Binta nyako of the federal high court Abuja on Tuesday denied leader of the proscribed indigenous people of Biafra Nnamdi kanu bail In denying kanu bail, the court however ordered quick hearing of the case of treasonable felony levelled against him Delivering ruling, justice nyako held that the court would only grant an accelerated…
Spanish giants Real Madrid have filed a complaint against the referee who took charge of Saturday’s game at Osasuna for omitting alleged racist abuse towards Vinicius Jr from his match report. The club say the “insults and vexatious shouts” were “deliberately” not included by Juan Martinez Munuera. Vinicius has suffered racist abuse on multiple occasions…
