Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by the family of the country’s late dictator Sani Abacha seeking access to the looted funds which had been stashed in Swiss and other foreign bank accounts. A five-man panel led by Sylvester Ngwuta on Friday dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, a Justice

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for an immediate response to rising cases of bandit attacks on communities in Zamfara State. In a directive to the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), the president ordered that there must be a clear pathway to ending the resurgent banditry that has continued to cost lives and the

President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has frowned on the situation where Nigerians do not have basic infrastructure despite paying taxes. Adesina spoke on Thursday at the first national tax dialogue organized by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). According to him, Nigerians werere among top implicit tax payers in the world.

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday weighed in on the raging agitation for the restructuring of Nigeria, warning that restructuring alone cannot solve the problem of the country. He called for the restructuring of Nigerians’ mindset first before that of the country. Jonathan, who spoke at a summit in Abuja along with a chieftain

World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new US President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed. Many expressed hope Biden would right US democracy two weeks after rioters stormed the Capitol, shaking the faith of those fighting for democracy

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says too much emphasis on divisive politics has greatly affected the unity of the country stating that the West African nation cannot be restructured without the challenges polarising the country being addressed. Dr Jonathan stated this on Thursday at the ‘Daily Trust 18th Dialogue’ which was centred around restructuring. He said

US President Joe Biden has reversed and lifted the immigrant visa ban imposed on Nigeria and other countries by former president Donald Trump. Biden reversed the ban on his first day in office and directed the State Department to restart visa processing for individuals from the affected countries. Trump had last February placed an immigrant

Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, on Wednesday, threw their weight behind Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, insisting the ultimatum he gave unregistered herders to vacate forest reserves in the state was not unconstitutional. In separate interviews with journalists, the senior lawyers maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, empowered the governor as Chief Security

United States President Joe Biden has signed a string of executive orders, memorandums and directives that will reverse some of his predecessor Donald Trump’s most divisive policies, including rescinding the so-called “Muslim ban”, rejoining the Paris climate accord, and ending the process to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). Just hours after his inauguration

Joe Biden, 78, became the oldest US president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington that has been largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance, due both to the coronavirus and security concerns following the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. Biden arrived at the Capitol just before 10:30