The two judicial officers have also been recommended for immediate retirement. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of two judges; Shu’aibu Talba, the Grand Kadi of Yobe, and Abdulkareem Abdulrasaq, a judge of the Osun High Court for alleged age falsification. Soji Oye, the spokesman for NJC in a statement released ...

  Following the discovery of a deadlier new strain of corona-virus in the UK, a number of European countries have started placing ban on flights from that country to avoid the spread of the variant that is ravaging it. As at the time of this report, both Netherlands and Belgium have reportedly slammed a ban on flights from the UK. ...

  In “Music To Be Murdered By” Rapper Eminem has apologise to singer Rihanna following a video leak from a song he did with Chris Brown some years ago saying “it was wrong he took side Chris Brown…” and ask for forgiveness. It will be recalled that some lyrics of the controversial song led to what was adjudged an an ...

Lagos State Safety Commission has sealed Cubana Nightclub in Ikeja and some other facilities in the state for violating its new safety orders put in place to prevent against second wave of the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic. The commission also sealed off “De Corner”, an entertainment joint along Admiralty way in Ikoyi for similar violation of regulations for preventing the spread ...

  The official asserts that Boko Haram had no reach to carry out such an operation. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA  The Nigerian military on Saturday shed more light on its role in the release of 344 students kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec. 11. The military said that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ...

  Vaccines would only complement, not replace, the existing tools for slowing transmission of the virus and saving lives, Mr. Tedros said. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA World Health Organisation head, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Friday welcomed the news that the global vaccine partnership (COVAX) has lined up almost two billion doses of existing and candidate vaccines for use worldwide. He, ...

  The rules will take effect 30 days after the release. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA  Chinese authorities on Saturday released rules on foreign investment security review to safeguard national security while spurring foreign investment, Chinese authorities said in a statement. The rules, jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), specified provisions ...

  Following an upsurge in the transmission of the deadly Covid-19 disease, the Lagos state governor who himself has gone into isolation has issued fresh guidelines and partial close-down of private business and public services. The order which were issued during the week and posted on the governor’s twitter handle runs thus: – All public servants from GL 14 and ...

  By Innocent Peace The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) earlier this week, instructed telecommunications companies to block all unregistered SIM cards in the country in two weeks. Customers of all networks were asked to register with their National Identity Numbers (NIN) or risk losing their numbers. The FG approved 173 centers and 30 state government institutions for the enrollment of ...

  An indication as to who the Yoruba will field for the presidency on the platform of the the All Progressives Congress (APC) began on Monday in Ibadan and Oyo town of Oyo State when a group, South-West Agenda 2023 (SWAGA ’23) profiled former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the zone’s choice for  2023 presidential election, according ...