The Nigerian Senate has on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The upper chamber of the Nigeria’s bicameral legislature questioned Muhammad on corruption, administration of criminal justice and the poor funding of the judiciary. Prior to this time, President Muhammadu Buhari had on July 11, 2019,…
The Nigerian Senate has on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation and circulation of snipers insecticide, a product currently used to commit suicide. This was sequel to a motion moved by senator Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 other senators on the alarming reoccurrences of suicides among Nigerians and the call…
The Senate yesterday Wednesday approved a World Bank loan of $200 million (N40bn) for Lagos State government. According to reports by THEWILL, this followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. This is the last tranch of $600 million approved by the World Bank in 2010, to…
We deliver the most recent information on top stories in politics, sports, current affairs, foreign news and more in this column. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday donated N21m to the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School for the provision of bunk beds in the 245 rooms in the…