Author: Amina Mohammed

Justice K. Dagat of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has convicted and sentenced three illegal bureau de change operators to one year imprisonment each. They were arraigned on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count separate charge for operating illegal bureau de change businesses. The defendants are Buba Ahmadu Aliyu, Mohammed Mustapha, and Muhammad Zarami. The count against Aliyu reads “That you, Buba Ahmadu Aliyu sometime in May 2024, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did carry on, other financial business without…

President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre in Lagos after Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a birthday message to the Nobel laureate who turns 90 on July 13. “Today, I join the world to celebrate his profound influence on generations of writers, scholars, and activists who have been inspired by his work. I celebrate him for giving us the spark to fight and confront military dictators in our country. “I am, accordingly, delighted to have the honour to announce the decision of the Federal Government to rename the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, as The Wole…

President Bola Tinubu has arrived at Mapo Hall for the coronation of Oba Owolabi Olakunlehin as the 43rd Olubadan of the ancient capital city of Ibadan. The president is being represented at the event by the minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu. He arrived in the company of some chieftains of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The venue has been agog with a series of activities as the dignitaries await the arrival of the Olubadan-designate who has been in seclusion for some days, in preparations for the coronation.

Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has revealed his efforts to persuade Manchester City’s midfielder Rodri to join the Spanish giants. This comes in the wake of Toni Kroos’ retirement at the end of last season, which has left a gap in Real Madrid’s midfield. During an interview with El Partidazo de COPE, Carvajal disclosed his attempts to convince his Spain teammate to leave the English club and return to his hometown. “Yes, without a doubt, I tell him every day: ‘Leave Manchester, there is no sun, come to Madrid because we need you, and you are from here in Madrid,’”…

A two-storey school building in Plateau State has collapsed, leaving many students and teachers trapped, with several feared dead. Reports indicate that the incident occurred at Saint Academy, located in the Busa Buji community of Jos North Local Government Area, around 8:30 am on Friday, when many students and teachers were already in their classrooms. The collapse has shocked the community, with distraught residents and parents rushing to the school to check on their children.

The former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, who was remanded in prison custody over his alleged complicity in a N33 billion fraud, on Friday, secured bail from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, granted the defendant, who is answering a 12-count charge, bail to the tune of N10 billion with two sureties in the like sum. It held that the sureties must be owners of landed properties within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, with a minimum valuation of N750 million. It ordered the sureties to…

Young Kenyans on Friday dismissed President William Ruto’s decision to sack most of his cabinet, with some warning that they would resume street protests unless he steps down. Ruto has been scrambling to contain the fallout of deadly protests against proposed tax hikes after last month’s peaceful rallies descended into violence and tapped into widespread anger against his government. Organised online and led largely by young, Gen-Z Kenyans, the protests have plunged Ruto’s administration into the most serious crisis of his two-year presidency, forcing him to abandon the finance bill containing the tax hikes. In the latest move to defuse…

ECOWAS Court of Justice has struck out a suit by Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA) and Prof Bola Akinterinwa on the sanction imposed on Niger following a military takeover. Justices Edward Asante, Dupe Atoki and Sengu Koroma held that events have overtaken the suit as sanctions imposed on the country have been lifted by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The suit was filed last August 8 by EMA, professor of international relations, Akinterinwa and a lawyer, Nuhu Dantani, who claimed to have relatives in Nigeria and Niger. The suit was filed through their lawyer, Olukayode…

Executive chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has said the war against corruption would not be won through lip service, emotional outburst or mere mob campaigns. “There is need for commitment, passion, consistency and credibility of intelligence. Every whistle blown must point towards truth and evidential proofs. There is punishment for false claims and misleading intelligence,” he warned. In his message read by Dr Benedict Ubi, the Acting Zonal Director, EFCC Zonal Directorate, Kaduna, on the occasion of 2024 African Anti-corruption Day in Kaduna yesterday, the EFCC boss said the world over, the issue of corruption…

The Senate on Thursday, July 11, threw out a Bill that seeks the establishment of a foreign exchange market in Nigeria. The Bill titled: “The Foreign Exchange (Control and Monitoring) Bill, 2024” was sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa (APC -Niger East). It was read for the first time on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. The Bill also sought to make provisions for the control, monitoring and supervision of transactions conducted in the Foreign Exchange Market. In his lead debate, Senator Musa described the bill as important legislation seeking to repeal the Foreign Exchange…