Zenith Bank Plc has retained its position as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital for the sixteenth consecutive year, in the 2025 Top 1000 World Banks’ Rankings, published by The Banker, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom.
This ranking...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Nigeria and other member countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50 per cent through taxation over the next 10 years, to stop rising non-communicable diseases (WHO).
In...
The Alleged Drug Smuggler, Ahmadu Abubakar
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos has adjourned till July 17, 2025, the trial of an alleged drug trafficker Ahmadu Abubakar, who was accused of smuggling 164.50 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa...
A lawyer cum human rights activist, Olukoya Ogungbeje, as approached a Federal High Court, Lagos, praying for an order to stop the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) from conducting election into 37 Local Government Development Areas (LCDAs) in...
Two beninois and two Nigerians were today sentenced to five years imprisonment each, by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, today, for smuggling 5.622 kilograms Cocaine into the country.
The convicts are: Fanou Mireille a.k.a Fanoun Mireille,...
Audu Friday, After His Arrest
A Bureau De Change (BDC) operator, Al-Hassan Garba, has narrated before a Federal High Court, Lagos, how he converted cryptocurrency (USDT) into naira and paid the equivalent amounts into the bank account of Genting...
Hon. Olowo
A former Lagos lawmaker and chairmanship hopeful in Shomolu Local Government, Honourable Rotimi Olowo, has taken the All Progressives Congress (APC) to court, challenging the outcome of the party's primary election held on May 10.
Olowo, a prominent party...
When, during the 1920s, the American public began to identify smoking as the cause of their persistent cough, throat irritation, and other related diseases, tobacco companies – fearing a threat to their profits, began a devious media blitz.
Using mostly...
Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has been dismissed a No Case Submission filed by a pharmacist, Ikwebe Ori Helen, against charges of unlawful transportation and possession of prohibited drug, made against her by the National...
Justice Yellim Bogoro of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a cab driver, Sabiu Haruna, to six months imprisonment for unlawful possession and trading of parrots.
Justice Bogoro slammed the cab driver with the jail-term today, after...