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  The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s decision to develop a draft policy that will earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. It described the initiative as a decisive...

Justice Musa Kakaki of the  Federal High Court, Lagos  today, ordered the  interim forfeiture/attachment of a hotel, Extended Stay Hotel, Lekki , Lagos alleged to have been  acquired with proceeds of drug trafficking. The Extended Stay Hotel is situated at...

The West African Examinations Council has outlined key facilities schools must provide ahead of the full migration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to computer-based testing by 2026. Head of Examinations, WAEC, Mr Lucky Njoagwuani, disclosed this on...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos presided over by Justice Musa Kakaki today ordered the remand of two Cocaine traffickers, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu and Hunkarin Segun George in the facility of the Nigeria Correctional Centre till October 2,...

Tens of thousands of international students in the United Kingdom are being directly contacted by the government with a warning: leave the country when your visa expires or face removal, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The Home Office has launched...

Ghana's Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo Ghana's President John Mahama has fired the country's Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following a recommendation by an inquiry. She had been on suspension since April after complaints were lodged against her in petitions by three individuals. A president-appointed commission...

In disobedience to the judgement of Lagos State High Court which declared that the parcel of land situate at Gbagada Industrial Estate, facing the Gbagada/Oshodi Expressway, measuring about four acres, belongs to 11 PLC, Harvesters International Church risks contempt...

MD/CEO, Union Bank, Mrs. Yetunde Oni       Union Bank of Nigeria, one of the nation’s longest-standing financial institutions, today announced the successful completion of its merger with Titan Trust Bank Limited, following final approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This...

A court in Finland , the Päijät-Häme District Court on Monday sentenced Nigerian-born Finnish, Simon Ekpa, to six years in prison for terrorism-related crimes and other offences, according to official court documents seen by BBC News Pidgin on Monday. The...

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer The United Kingdom Government has announced sweeping new restrictions on overseas recruitment, barring more than 100 occupations from being filled by foreign workers as part of its drive to cut net migration. The Home Office...