Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey Receives 2024 Wallenberg Medal
Global environmental activist and Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) Nnimmo Bassey, will today, Tuesday, September 10, receive the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan. Bassey will also deliver the 29th Wallenberg Lecture, “We Are Relatives,” centring on love, humility, dignity and respect in his vision of a liveable […]
Hello World, Goodbye Health: Curbing Big Soda’s Sportswashing At Olympics
By Robert Egbe On October 16, 2021, the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) endorsed the Olympism 365 strategy which aims to strengthen the role of sport as an enabler for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through Olympism 365, the IOC, working with partners, uses sport, among other things, […]
Yahoo Boy Jailed For Impersonating Flavour N’abania, Duping US Woman
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday sentenced one Courage Ipaka to two years imprisonment for duping a United States citizen Mrs Yvelte M. Thompson of $53,000 by impersonating Nigerian musician Chinedu Okoli popularly known as Flavour N’abania. Justice Dehinde Isaac Dipeolu convicted Ipaka following his plea of guilty to a two-count charge of […]
Stop Kapam Pollution, Compensate Victims, CAPPA, ERA, HOMEF Tell Kaduna Refinery
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have demanded an immediate cleanup and detoxification of the Kapam community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, affected by the alleged release of toxic chemicals by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) situated in the community and which is undergoing turnaround maintenance. Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Health of […]
Don’t Use Bouillon Cubes For Food Fortification, CAPPA, NHED Urge FG
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and other public health advocates Thursday urged the federal government to halt plans to use bouillon cubes as a food vehicle for delivering iron and zinc to households to combat micronutrient deficiencies. They warned that bouillon cubes are excessively high in sodium and that using them for food […]
CAPPA Urges Film Industry To Sustain #SmokeFreeNollywood
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the country’s regulators and the film and cinema industry to protect the next generation of Nigerians from the predatory tactics of the tobacco industry by sustaining the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign. CAPPA’s Executive Director Akinbode Oluwafemi said the tobacco industry had a track record of surreptitiously using […]
Court Restrains FBN Holdings From Conducting AGM On Aug 22
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained FBN Holdings Plc from holding, conducting or hosting its 12th Annual General meeting scheduled for August 22, 2024, whether virtually or otherwise, pending the determination of a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by an aggrieved shareholder, Tohir Folorunsho Ismaila. Justice Akintayo Aluko gave the order on […]
EFCC Uncovers Fresh $2.04m, Landed Properties, Shares Linked To Emefiele
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered another cash sum of $2.045million, seven choice landed properties and shares linked to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele. The discovery, disclosed on Thursday at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, is the latest in a […]
N35b Fraud: Court Forfeits First Bank’s ‘Stolen’ N190.2m, $70.8k To FG
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of N190,277,634.2 million and $70,811,48, allegedly stolen from First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) by one of its staff, Muiz Tijani Adeyinka. Justice Akintayo Aluko, who granted the order following an ex-parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), […]
NICArb Resolves $105m, N3.7b Disputes, Elects Governing Council
The Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb) has said it resolved disputes valued at $105,000,000.00 and N3,720,900,000 through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in 2023, growing its revenues by 23 per cent. The Institute disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement by its Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Shola Oshodi-John. Oshodi-John explained that the data followed NICArb’s […]
