CAPPA Applauds Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey on winning 2024 Wallenberg Medal
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has congratulated Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, on his well-deserved recognition as recipient of the prestigious 2024 Wallenberg Medal. The Wallenberg Medal is awarded by the University of Michigan to outstanding humanitarians whose actions on behalf of the defenceless and oppressed […]
Breaking! Court frees Okada rider who wrongly pleaded guilty to drug dealing
There was a mild drama at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, February 8, 2024, when the judge freed a commercial motorcyclist (otherwise called an okada rider) who wrongly pleaded guilty to a drug dealing charge. Justice Akintayo Aluko discharged and acquitted Reuben Ashade of the charge filed against him by the National […]
JUST IN: Court grants suspended UNICAL Law Prof N250m bail
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, February 9, granted bail to Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar. The judge, Justice James Omotoso, also admitted to bail one of his legal representatives, Sunny Anyanwu, who is standing trial alongside Ndifon. The defendants are […]
Customs nabs three for elephant tusk trafficking to Asia
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested three persons for the alleged illegal export of elephant tusks to Asia. Nigerian Current gathered that the men were nabbed at different locations in Lagos on January 25, 2024, and February 4 and 6, 2024, for allegedly facilitating the sale and export of five pieces of elephant tusk, […]
Six charged with “assaulting” Nollywood actress Lizzy Anjorin
The police on Thursday brought four women and two men before a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly assaulting and blackmailing popular Nollywood actress, Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal.The six, arraigned before Magistrate A. A. Paul on a four-count charge, are Qudus Jokogbola; Suru Olawale; Edu Shakirat; Fausat Mohammed; Kafayat Ahmed and Opere Simiat Morenike. The police alleged […]
Breaking! Court gives FG 7 days to fix price of goods, petrol products
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Wednesday ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to fix the price of goods and petroleum products within seven days.Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa specifically ordered the government to fix the price of milk, flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and their spare parts, matches, motorcycles and their spare parts, motor vehicles and […]
Bodija blast: Compensate victims, implement probe report, CAPPA urges FG, Oyo
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the federal and state governments to tighten and fully implement regulations governing access to and handling of explosives in the mining sector, following the devastating January 16 explosion at Bodija, Oyo State. It also urged the government to not only expose and prosecute those found culpable for the incident but […]
Five arraigned for ‘pirating’ Toyin Abraham’s N500m ‘Malaika’ movie
The Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID) Annex Alagbon-Ikoyi Lagos Tuesday arraigned five persons at an Igbosere Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly pirating a film produced by Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham, titled “Malaika.”The defendants are Mr. Kehinde Oseni, Mr. Adekunle Segun, Mr. Adebiyi Sodiq, Mr. Oseni S. Akano, Mrs. Agboola Motunrayo and Mrs. Adebiyi Suliat.All five […]
CAPPA backs Lagos’ Ban on Single-Use Plastics, Urges Incentives for Alternatives
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Lagos State Government for banning the use and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics. CAPPA, however, urged the government to ensure adequate stakeholder engagement and incentives for alternatives, in the light of the potential economic impact of the ban. The transparency watchdog gave the […]
E-cigarettes, others should be banned or regulated, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged member nations of its global tobacco treaty to ban or regulate e-cigarettes and other novel and emerging products of the tobacco industry, if they are yet to do so, in the interest of public health. It made the call Tuesday, January 24, 2024, at a virtual media workshop […]
