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The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Olufemi Thomas, for breaching Nigeria’s cash transaction limit law.   The court, however, cleared him of all money laundering allegations. Delivering judgment, Justice Olayinka Faji acquitted Thomas on five of the six counts filed […]

Last Friday, July 18, the incumbent Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede was in Lagos to hold a sensitization programme on Naira Abuse, at the Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. What was reported in most newspapers and other platforms, was the EFCC czar’s disclosure that 18 currently serving Governors are under […]

Former Group Managing Director of FirstBank Nigeria, Dr Olabisi Onasanya, has said he is now vindicated after the Federal High Court in Lagos struck out the controversial loan-related case involving his name.   Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 struck out the case after the anti-graft agency, […]

….. Revolutionises Remittances with PAPSS Instant Payment Service   Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced that its Artificial Intelligence chatbot, LEO is now enabled to carry out cross-border payment transactions.   By this, LEO becomes Africa’s first AI-powered chatbot to facilitate cross-border payments, offering customers a seamless and instant way […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday elected Professor Nentawe Yilwatda as its new National Chairman, as President Bola Tinubu called on governors to focus more on grassroots engagement to meet the expectations of Nigerians.   At the party’s 14th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, Yilwatda, the party’s national legal adviser and deputy […]

    President Bola Tinubu has approved the full payment of allowances and match bonuses for the Super Falcons, ahead of their final match against Morocco in the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).   The announcement was made on Thursday by the Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko, who confirmed that […]

Once again, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shown itself to be a sanctimonious and impervious custodian of mediocrity and an unapologetic persecutor of truth. In a profoundly petty act of despotic brigandage, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), that perennial errand boy of executive overreach and lawlessness, has banned Eedris Abdulkareem’s latest protest […]

In a notable shift reflecting growing global migration policy tightening, the Government of Canada has raised the financial threshold for applicants under its popular Express Entry immigration system, particularly those applying through the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) and Federal Skilled Trades (FST) programs. The new minimum settlement fund requirement, effective July 7, 2025, means that […]

In what can only be described as a shameful descent into political gangsterism, Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has crossed a line that no elected official in a constitutional democracy should ever approach. His public threat against Mr. Peter Obi, a former Anambra governor, respected statesman, and leading opposition figure, is not just a dangerous […]

The Senate on Wednesday formally received four lawmakers who have defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening the party’s hold on the upper chamber.   The defectors include: Senator Ekong Samson (Akwa Ibom South), Senator Etim Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East), Senator Francis Fadahunsi (Osun […]

In the end, the worst thing that could have happened to Muhammadu Buhari: he died days after his successor finally denounced him and his spokesman told the truth.   President Bola Tinubu, remember, was visiting Saint Lucia where, two years and two months after he assumed office, he abruptly, but finally, confessed that Buhari had […]

Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has asked Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, to withdraw the threat against former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.   During a public event on Friday, Okpebholo warned that Obi must not visit Edo without prior security clearance, alleging that violence followed the LP […]