Group gives OAGF 14 days to act The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) has said it is not aware of any ultimatum from a group, identified as the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre). The Nation learnt that the group reportedly requested the AGF, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to return […]

Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation titles, Mr. Adeleke Adeyemo, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the newspaper’s Assistant Editor Evelyn Osagie. He described her death as a painful loss to the organisation and the media community. In a condolence message, Adeyemo joined the

The Chief Client Officer (CCO) of AXA Mansard Insurance Plc, Rashidat Adebisi, has called on  insurance operators to match the landmark Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA) 2025 with disciplined execution. She noted that the credibility of Nigeria’s insurance industry will not be judged by the size of its balance sheets alone but by how

A coalition of retired senior police officers has announced plans to stage what it called the “Father of All Peaceful Protests” on September 29, in Abuja. The retired police officers are demanding their exit from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The group, under the aegis of the Association of Retired Police Officers under CPS, said

The Akure Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has decried the Federal Government’s neglect of its promises to the union. ASUU said the government has stretched its patience to the breaking point over the handling of long-standing issues affecting the university system. The union accused the government of abandoning its demands and

785 newly recruited workers inducted Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Mr. Kamoru Ogunlana, yesterday said democratic governance has stabilised in Nigeria. Ogunlana spoke during an induction ceremony the National Assembly leadership organised for 785 newly recruited staff in Abuja. The CAN, who was represented by his Deputy, Bashir Yero, said the stability of democracy

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has announced plans to educate and economically empower 1 million underserved Nigerian girls under the Learning, Uniting, Modernising, Innovating, Nurturing, Accelerating, and Harmonising (LUMINAH) 2030 initiative. UBEC’s Executive Secretary, Aisha Garba, said this at the opening of a five-day programme on LUMINAH 2030-UBEC Migration and Establishment Agenda yesterday in

   

Politician in Ekiti, Chief  Idowu Akinyele, Ologbo of Obalu Quarters in Efon, is dead. The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain died at the weekend after illness. He was 90. Akinyele was a chieftain of defunct Social Democratic Party in Ondo in Third Republic. Related News He chaired Efon council on the platform of PDP. A statement

Legal analysts have said  only the court, not police reports can determine the defendants’ guilt or innocence in the trial of two lawyers, Ademola Owolabi and Adebayo Akeju set to resume on October 13 before Justice Serifat Sonaike of Lagos State High Court  Owolabi and Akeju are in trial with real estate developer, Alex Ochonogor,