The Tinubu-led administration has announced a series of initiatives to address soaring food prices. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, outlined the measures set for implementation over the next 180 days: 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window: Suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes on specific food imports, including maize, rice, wheat, and cowpeas.…
Yahaya Bello, the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, lost his bid to transfer his N80.2 billion fraud case from Abuja to his state. This followed the ruling of Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, who dismissed Bello’s application seeking to transfer his case to Kogi State. Justice Tsoho,…
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an ex parte order of interim injunction, barring the Chief Judge of the State and the Clerk of the State House of Assembly from engaging with the Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule. Justice Jumbo Stephen’s order also prevents the Chief Judge and the Clerk…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a man who attempted suic@de after he climbed a mast and threatened to jump unless his demands for the restoration of fuel subsidies and an end to insecurity are met. LIB reported that the man identified as Shuaibu Alhaji Yushaufor, climbed a broadcast mast owned by…
A banker at Goldman Sachs was fired in June 2024 after his bosses learned that he had pleaded guilty in February to s3xually assaulting his niece. The assault happened on multiple occasions over a period of years, beginning in 2004. Ronan O’Grady, 33, who had been working as a private wealth adviser at Goldman’s…
