Author: Akintayo Adams

Elders from the Northern States under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday expressed concern and dissatisfaction on the recent decision by President Bola Tinubu’s government over the increase in electricity tariff. It described the hike as a “reckless move” and a complete disregard for the well-being and welfare of the Nigerian populace. This is contained in a statement by Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the forum’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, in which the pan-northern group said it “recognizes that this drastic increase in electricity tariffs will have a significant negative impact on the already struggling population, further exacerbating the gap…

An American company,Domtec International LLC, is to pay BUA International Limited, a subsidiary of BUA Groups a sum of £343,750.91 in arbitral award, according to a ruling by a US Court. This was sequel to a petition filed by BUA International and NOM (UK) Limited in April 2023, requesting the verification of a foreign arbitral award rendered in the British Virgin Islands in November 2022. According to court documents, the supply agreement required Domtec to design and build sugar domes on BUA’s properties in Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Disputes arose between the parties, and arbitration proceedings were initiated by…

Hafsat Umar, wife of the immediate past Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and five others have been charged to court over alleged corruption charges, misappropriation, and diversion of funds during his eight-year tenure in office by the Kano State Government. The charges running into billions of naira were contained in a charged sheet dated 3rd April, 2024 with a 15 prosecution witnesses list attached. Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd, and Lesage General Enterprises are the other respondents, according to the lawsuit. The lead charge goes thus: “That you, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje sometimes between…

Validation of subscribers with less than four lines under the third phase of disconnection is not complete, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), citing it as the reason for the extension from April 15, 2024, to July 31, 2024. The disconnection process, which began in February, was unveiled to be in three phases. The first occurred on February 28, 2024, which disconnected subscribers that have not submitted their NINs on or before February 28, 2024. The second phase of disconnection, which occurred on Friday, March 29, 2024, affecting subscribers with five or more lines linked to an unverified NIN…

Two judicial commissions of inquiry into cases of misappropriation of public property, political violence and missing persons between 2015 and 2023 has been inaugurated in Kano state. While inaugurating the panels on Thursday, Governor Yusuf charged its members to work towards bring anyone found wanting to book. He said investigating the misappropriation of the public asset was part of his inaugural pledge to unravel and prosecute those behind cases of political violence recorded in the state. “Political violence is a major setback to democracy worldwide. It leads to loss of lives and property as well as mistrust on the part…

Ivory Coast has announced that it has placed a ban on begging the capital city of Abidjan in a bid to combat “urban disorder”. “In order to fight against urban disorder – itinerant trade on the main roads, begging in all its forms and the use of handcarts are now formally banned throughout the district,” said vice-governor Vincent N’cho Kouaoh in a statement seen by AFP on Thursday. “This measure aims to improve people’s living conditions, to further ensure the safety of people and property, as well as better traffic fluidity,” he said. A month ago, the governor of Abidjan,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday filed a six-count charge against Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky. While the first four counts of the charge border on abuse of the Naira, the last two counts are connected to alleged money laundering. In the charge sheet filed by EFCC Prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, alongside seven other lawyers, Bobrisky in the first count is claimed to have meddled with the sum of ₦400,000 by spraying same while dancing at a recent event held at the IMAX Circle Mall, Lekki, Lagos. The offence was committed on March 24, 2024,…

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has tendered its unreserved apology to its customers over the wrongful billing of the new tariff rate which was blamed on a system glitch. This was disclosed in a tweet titled ‘Public notice’ via the company’s X handle on Thursday. “This is to inform customers across the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc franchise that we are aware of the wrong charges faced by some Band A customers who tried to recharge their meters following the new tariff regime,” the tweet read. “This was due to a system glitch caused by the reclassification of some Band A customers…

President of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o, has written to the country’s sports ministry to revoke its appointment of Belgian Marc Brys as the new national team head-coach. “The national federation cannot recognise these appointments made outside any legal and regulatory framework,” Eto’o, who is Cameroon’s all-time leading goalscorer, said Wednesday in a letter made public. Fecafoot, the football association, in a release said it regretted not being involved “closely, nor remotely” in the recruitment process for the new coach and his staff. It said the act goes against a presidential decree relating to the organisation of Cameroon’s national…

Due to inability of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to effect service of the charge on the defendants’, the arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives; Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, on Thursday, could not proceed. When the matter was called for the defendants to take their plea before Justice Emeka Nwite of Federal High Court, Abuja, only Gambaryan was represented by a lawyer. It was observed that neither the company nor Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from lawful custody and fled the country, was represented by counsel. However, Gambaryan’s lawyer, Chukwuka Ikwuazo, SAN, told the court…