Author: TheScrutinyNG

Scores of female protesters stormed the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Friday to demand the resignation of the National Women Leader, Dr Mary Alile-Idele. Alile-Idele was accused of negligence, pursuit of personal interests, and alleged diversion of some parts of the 24,000 wrappers donated by the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, and her delegation when they visited the party secretariat. Singing solidarity songs and displaying several banners that read, ‘Enough is Enough!’ ‘Mary Alile Resign Now’ and ‘APC Women Leader Must Go,’ the aggrieved women appealed to the First Lady and the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje,…

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has dismissed warnings by Russian President Vladimir Putin that allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons for strikes inside Russian territory might lead to an escalation. Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in the Czech capital Prague, Stoltenberg said the alliance had heard such warnings many times before. “This is nothing new. It has (…) been the case for a long time that every time NATO allies are providing support to Ukraine, President Putin is trying to threaten us to not do that,” he told reporters on Friday. “And an escalation – well,…

Justice Peter Lifu, of an Abuja Federal High Court, on Friday, granted Chioma Okoli, bail in the sum of N5m and two sureties in like sum. The judge held that one of the sureties must be the defendant’s spouse or a blood relative with a variable source of income who resides within the jurisdiction of the court. The judge also ordered the sureties to deposit a passport photograph each. He instructed the defendant to also deposit her international passport if any. Okoli is facing a two-count charge bordering on cybercrime. Okoli was sued over a Facebook post she shared on…

Singer Brymo has lauded President Bola Tinubu for signing the National Anthem Bill 2024 into law to reinstate the old anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” Brymo argued the reintroduced anthem has a better and in depth meaning than ‘Arise, O Compatriots’. On his Instagram story, Brymo wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is officially my G.O.A.T. of all-time Nigerian president. “Read the lyrics of the new national anthem; first stanza is all you need; it asserts Nigeria for ‘motherland’ and now Africa can be fatherland and be the symbol of polygamy and we can all focus on one family unit each…

Jose Mourinho has reportedly reached an agreement to become the new Fenerbahce on a two-year contract. The Portuguese boss is set to replace Ismail Kartal at the Turkish giants, according to Gianluca Di Marzio, in what would be his 11th managerial role. Mourinho succeeds the Turkish boss after Fener finished second in the Turkish Super Lig for the third successive year. It is believed that Mourinho is to return to the game after being sacked by Roma in January after two-and-a-half years. It had been previously reported that Mourinho was a target Saudi Arabian club Al Qadsiah, but seemingly his next…

The Minister, Industry Trade and Investment Doris Uzoka Anite yesterday inaugurated the inter-ministerial committee on the review of the Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy for Nigeria. In a statement signed by TerfaTilley-Gyado, Special Adviser, Strategic Communications, stated that this inauguration marks a significant step in strengthening Nigeria’s intellectual property framework, it is also to highlight the importance of a robust Intellectual Property  policy in driving innovation and economic growth. Anite said: “This is to strengthen Nigeria’s intellectual property ecosystem and position our nation as a global leader in the protection and commercialization of creative and innovative works; an effective IP…

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms has recommended an exchange rate of N800 per dollar Customs import duty rate for the rest of the year. This move will be a huge departure from what obtains currently where Customs duty is changed erratically, sometime twice a day with total changes effected so far this year at about 40 times. Also the value has followed the sharp swings in the exchange rate on the foreign exchange market with a wide range of between N900 and N1,700 to one US Dollar this year alone, a situation that has attracted widespread condemnation…

By Prof. Mike Ozekhome SAN When on October 1, 1960, Nigeria gained her independence from British colonial tutelage, the Union Jack was lowered and replaced with Nigeria’s Green White Green Flag. A new National anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”, was introduced. The anthem with three stanza was written by a Briton, Frances Berda, whilst Lilian Jean Williams composed the lyrics. This anthem was to last till 1978 when the then Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, caused it to be replacedwith a new National anthem titled “Arise, O Compatriots”. Only 29th May, 2024,the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, assented to…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disclosed that the ministry uncovered 2,400 foreigners with fake National Identity Numbers attempting to acquire Nigerian passports. This was as he also emphasized the critical role of identity management in enhancing national security. Tunji-Ojo stated this during a courtesy visit by the President and Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria, Dr. Illiyasu Gashinbaki, and his team on Wednesday. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ozoya Imohimi, on Wednesday, Tunji-Ojo highlighted the importance of having a robust identity management system to track…

By Tunde Rahman But for the ministerial presentations on the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu administration in its first year, christened Ministerial Sectoral Update, which began on Tuesday May 21 at the National Press Centre in Abuja, many may not have known or appreciated the quantum of work that has been done by the government within such a short period of one year in office. This piece is not really about the re-engineering work that is being done on the economy, which is now recording a gradual growth. For instance, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the nation…