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Nigeria, South Africa Set March 2025 Deadline For Violence Prevention Pact

Nigeria, South Africa Set March 2025 Deadline For Violence Prevention Pact

Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to urgently finalise the five-year-old Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Early Warning Mechanism, which monitors threats of violence, acts of criminality, and reprisals involving nationals of both countries. The decision was revealed on Tuesday in a communiqué released at the end of the 11th session of the Nigeria-South … Read more

Dele Farotimi: Legal Career and 4 Other Things to Know About the Public Analyst

Dele Farotimi: Legal Career and 4 Other Things to Know About the Public Analyst

Dele Farotimi, a renowned lawyer and public analyst, has consistently used his voice to advocate for social change in NigeriaKnown for his influential books like “Do Not Die in Their War” and “Imperatives of the Nigerian Revolution,” Farotimi champions accountability and equity in governanceHis journey from leading Lagos State University’s Student Union to becoming a … Read more

Falana Reveals Why Dele Farotimi Was Arrested, Demand Immediate Release From ‘Illegal Custody’

Dele-Farotimi

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has disclosed that Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, was arrested over an alleged criminal libel. Henzodaily reports that Falana, in a statement on Tuesday, revealed that Farotimi was arrested in Lagos State. Falana demanded that Farotimi should be released unconditionally from “illegal custody”. The statement read, “I just … Read more

Nigerian Authorities Set to Rename Federal University of Education Kano, New Name Unveiled

Nigerian Authorities Set to Rename Federal University of Education Kano, New Name Unveiled

A bill to rename the Federal University of Education to Maitama Sule Federal University of Education Kano has passed its first reading at the national assemblyHenzodaily.ng reports that the bill was read during plenary of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday, December 3Deputy senate president Barau Jibrin, an indigene of Kano state, disclosed that five … Read more

President Tinubu Directs Justice Ministry To Work With NASS On Concerns Over Tax Bills

President Tinubu Directs Justice Ministry To Work With NASS On Concerns Over Tax Bills

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federal, Lateef Fagbemi, to work with the National Assembly to address concerns raised on the Tax Reform Bills. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Idris said the President was committed to … Read more

South Africa Relaxes Visa Rules For Nigeria Tourists, Business People

South Africa Relaxes Visa Rules For Nigeria Tourists, Business People

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has announced that tourists from Nigeria can now apply for a visa without submitting a passport. Henzodaily reports that this was made known in a statement on Tuesday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Ramaphosa spoke on Tuesday at the opening of … Read more

Why NASS Must Tread Softly With Tax Reform Bills — NDYC

Comrade Israel Uwejeyan

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has made strident calls to the National Assembly to avoid making hasty decisions with regards to raging debate over propriety or otherwise of the Tax Reform Bills submitted it by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement signed on behalf of the Congress by Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, its National Coordinator, … Read more