THE Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained FBN Holdings Plc from holding, conducting or hosting its 12th Annual General meeting scheduled for August 22, 2024, whether virtually or otherwise, pending the determination of a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by an aggrieved shareholder, Tohir Folorunsho Ismaila. Justice …

THE Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) is pleased to announce the extension of the nomination period for the 7th Edition of the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA 2024). The nomination window, initially set to close on August 11, 2024, has now been extended by two …

A member of Tinubu’s Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC), Abdulkabir Adisa Aliu has been alleged to be behind the petrol imports from Malta and Russia. Chairman of Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote recently made some revelations about the increase in fuel imports from Malta In 2023, Nigeria’s petroleum importation from Malta …

THE Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Edo State Command, Mr Martins Monyei, has confirmed that the woman who purportedly tore her husband’s passport on arrival at the Nigeria Airport, Lagos, was only creating content that the husband’s passport, her passport and that of her two children are intact. …

OGUN State Housing Corporation has issued a seven-day quit notice to illegal occupants of its housing estates across the state urging them to vacate and remove structures and buildings. The General Manager of the Corporation, Wale Ojo, disclosed this on Friday during a development control and enforcement exercise at Idiroko …

Chinese firm Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. has released one of the three Nigerian Airbus A330 aircraft that were detained in France following a court order from a Paris judicial court. The Punch reported that the firm had seized a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737-7N6/BBJ, and an Airbus …

OYO State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said that the command got …

  A rights group, Human Right Monitoring Agenda (HURMA), has faulted the passage of Police Act Amendment Bill, which allows the Inspector- General of Police to remain in office until the end of the term stipulated in his letter of appointment. HURMA’s Executive Director, Mr Buna Balogun, faulted the passage …

TRAVELLERS should consider getting vaccinated against mpox if they will be visiting affected areas in Africa, new advice says. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has updated its recommendations in response to outbreaks of a new strain of the virus. Other continents, including Europe, can expect some …

IT is a rare quality to possess a personality that captivates the attention of all who encounter it. For General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the allure of his name and his hospitable demeanour distinguish him as a unique statesman. IBB’s distinguished military career and his role as a politician who embraced …