Month November 2024

FG Reviews Bilateral Investment Treaties, NIPC Act

  THE Federal Government has set up a nine- member committee to review Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) ACT. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Kamarudeen Ogundele, Special Assistant to the President…

Senator Sani Speaks On Tinubu Submitting 2025 Budget

THE Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Musa Sani, on Friday, disclosed why President Bola Tinubu has not submitted the 2025 budget to the National Assembly. According to Sani, the President is taking his time in order to prevent…

Court Dismisses Criminal Summons Against Monday Okpebholo

AN Abuja High Court has dismissed a criminal summons issued on September 12 by a magistrate’s court against Senator Monday Okpebholo over alleged certificate forgery. The ruling was delivered on Friday by Justice Charles Agbaza, who declared that the proceedings before…

Israel Sends Two Planes To Evacuate Fans From Amsterdam

Israel has sent two planes to evacuate its citizens from Amsterdam after attack on them by reported pro-Palestinian demonstrators before Ajax versus Maccabi Tel Aviv Europa Cup match. Though Ajax won the match 5-0, videos of the violent clash between…

The Persistence of Female Genital Mutilation, BY TONY ERHA

ALTHOUGH it is widely thought to have been outlawed and society now have a sigh of relief, “Female Genital Mutilation” (FGM), is still secretly and defiantly practiced in traditional Nigerian communities. In Edo, a frontline state of Africa’s most populous…