The Chief Executive Officer of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment over a N6 million fraud. Wakil was jailed alongside Programme Manager, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Country Director, Prince Lawal Shoyode, by Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has paid a visit to legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN at the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. According to sources, the visit appears connected to ongoing legal proceedings involving Dele Farotimi, a Lagos-based lawyer and activist accused of defamation by Babalola. The meeting might have been arranged by…
Emir SanusiThe 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters when they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap. The emir said wife be@ting, domestic v!violence forms 45 per cent of cases across nine Shari’a Courts of Kano in five years….
The family of a popular Owerri business man, Chief Chukwudi Ahamba Ofoha a. k. a Ibari Ogwa, has put up a strong formal protest over the unwarranted, reckless and defamatory utterances and video shows made by Barrister Paschal Onwukaike over her deceased member, Ibari Ogwa. The family, sought and procured the services of a foremost…
The Federal Government has reiterated that President Bola Tinubu’s administration prioritizes food security as a key aspect of its governance. Aliyu Abdullahi, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, stated that since Tinubu’s inauguration in May 2023, the government has launched several initiatives aimed at ensuring food security across the country. Speaking on…
Revelations from a leaked U.S. government cable reveal that prominent lawyer Afe Babalola disbursed at least $1.125 million to five judges who presided over the Court of Appeal in the early 2000s to obtain a favourable ruling for his client, then Adamawa Governor Boni Haruna. Mr Babalola allegedly bribed a panel of five appellate judges,…
Deputy Superintendent of Customs (Pilot) Olanike Balogun has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), charting a path of resilience and breaking barriers in aviation. Born in Kaduna and a native of Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Osun State, Balogun’s journey began in 2002 when she was recruited as a…
The Edo State High Court in Benin was thrown into chaos when armed thugs attempted to disrupt a pre-hearing session concerning the validity of the September 21 governorship election results, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The session, which was being attended by supporters from seven political parties challenging the victory of…
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, December 8, adding that a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases, including a strategically important naval facility in Tartous. Russia’s Foreign…
Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail in the sum of N50 million. The bail conditions require a surety of the same amount, with landed property as collateral. The development was disclosed by activist Omoyele Sowore, who also revealed that the case has been adjourned to January 29, 2025. Farotimi was…
