An undisclosed court in Ado-Ekiti has, on Wednesday, remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, following his arrest yesterday. This was made known in a post on X formerly Tweeter, by activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore. According to him, the lawyer was denied bail as the judge who presided over the hearing adjourned the case till 10th of December 2024. He said, “The Nigerian justice system is whack, as expected has been hurriedly prosecuted and sent...

An Austrian company, WANDE NEXUS and the Enugu State government have signed an agreement to implement the Sustainable Last Mile Connectivity and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project in Enugu. $100 million is to inject as Foreign Direct Investment to modernize water infrastructure, improve service delivery and ensure equitable access to clean water for all households in Enugu city. The agreement was signed at the Government House, Enugu, in the presence of the Austrian Ambassador to...

The Presidency has debunked claims that the proposed tax reform bills before the National Assembly recommend the scrapping of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, and National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA. In a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Monday, the Presidency described such claims as deliberate misinformation aimed at misleading Nigerians. It also emphasised that no...

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for self-deceit, noting that the president can’t create massive poverty in the land and expect any progress. Obi stated this in his keynote address at the 16th annual Founder’s Day ceremony and 20th-anniversary celebration of the American University of Nigeria, (AUN) Yola on Saturday. “You can’t create massive poverty and expect any meaningful development. For any...