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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticised the arrest of lawyer Dele Farotimi by the Nigeria Police Force over alleged libel charges. In a statement issued on Tuesday night in Abuja, NBA President Afam Osigwe condemned the reported invasion of Farotimi’s law firm and the alleged harassment of his staff and colleagues. Osigwe described the police actions as

Senator Seriake Dickson (PDP Bayelsa West) has expressed strong support for the Tax Reform Bills, stating that their passage will not cause significant disruption, as reported by DAILY INDEPENDENT. He made this statement during an interview with journalists at the National Assembly on Monday. The senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate

No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, Daily Trust investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of various ranks were killed; and 111 within

With effect from December 1, 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reminded bank clients to report any issues they may have had when taking out cash from ATMs or bank locations. At the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s (CIBN) 2024 annual bankers’ dinner in Lagos on Friday, CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso gave

Dr Josef Onoh, the brother-in-law to the late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has refuted claims by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, that the two had reconciled. Onoh clarified that what Gowon referred to as a reconciliation meeting was, in fact, a condolence visit after the passing of his father, Chief C.C. Onoh, who

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alarm over the circulation of counterfeit Combiart (Artemether Lumefantrine 20/120mg) Dispersible Tablets in Nigeria. In a public alert numbered 043/2024 and published on its website, NAFDAC identified the fake drug’s manufacturing dates as February 2023 and June 2023, with expiry dates

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the immediate past lead attorney for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, has called the dismissal of 50 alleged members of the group that supports Biafra by a Federal High Court in Abuja a “Christmas gift.” Daily Post reported that Ejiofor was responding to the Abuja Federal High