PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, AGF. Ogunjimi’s appointment takes immediate effect following the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Dr Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein. In announcing Madein’s successor, President…
THE House of Representatives Committee on Defence has called for an increase in the budget allocation for the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA. Committee Chairman Hon. Babajimi Benson expressed surprise that the DIA receives the smallest budget compared to the…
NIGERIAN human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for his actions regarding the arrest and remand of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigerian police. Sowore…
HUMAN rights lawyer and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has berated the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for handcuffing fellow lawyer, Dele Farotimi during arraignment over a defamation case. Odinkalu compared the scenario with…
Nigerians should understand that the case of Dele Farotimi against Aare Afe Babalola, CON,OFR, SAN is one of the most significant cases to come up in Nigeria in this decade. It is a case where a man is persecuted…
Dr Temitope Ilori, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has attributed the significant progress made in ending HIV/AIDS in Nigeria to journalists amplifying issues around the epidemic on their media spaces. Ilori stated this during the…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned the recent treatment of human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who appeared at the Ekiti State High Court in handcuffs over a defamation lawsuit filed by prominent…
DIRECTOR-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, on Tuesday, said that the proposed tax reform bills would eliminate multiple taxation and favour low-income earners in the country. Issa-Onilu stated this during a road show on nationwide sensitisation…
THE Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday remanded the former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello in Kuje Correctional Centre pending the determination of his bail application. Justice Maryann Anenih also adjourned the case until Jan. 29, Feb. 25,…
THE FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, says it will refund about N270 million to 2,958 2024 Hajj pilgrims for services not rendered during the Hajj exercise. The Director of the board, Mr Kadari Edah, who disclosed this to newsmen…
