Court orders closure of Ikoyi Marriage Registry, declares all marriages conducted illegal, invalid

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the closure of the Ikoyi marriage registry and other Federal Marriage Registries opened by the Federal Ministry, declared that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages, declaring as illegal and invalid. Sade AdewaleDecember 14, 2021 The court said all solemnisation of unions at

MTN and MAFAB acquire Nigeria’s 5G licences

The Transparency Nigeria Group has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria and all the relevant security agencies to immediately launch an investigation into business practices of Mafab Communications Limited, one of the companies that was announced as a successful bidder for one of Nigeria’s 3.5 GHz licences. Mafab Communications was incorporated in 2020, has no

Genort Rohr sacked and Replaced by Eguavoen

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has terminated the contract of Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr. It has appointed ex-international, Augustine Eguavoen to replace him as the Technical Adviser on an interim basis. SaharaReporters learnt that Eguavoen’s appointment is with immediate effect. Franco-German Gernot Rohr had been in charge of the Super Eagles for the past

To Avert Strike, FG Pays ASUU N52.5bn Revitalisation Fund, Earned Allowance

The federal government has stated that it has paid lecturers N30 billion Revitalisation Fund and N22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, stressing that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the university workers. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who spoke to THISDAY at

Buhari regime bans UK, Canada, others in retaliation over red-listing of Nigeria

The federal government has banned citizens of Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia and Argentina from entering the country in retaliation to the travel restriction placed on Nigeria and other African countries for fear of the Omicron variant. Aviation minister Hadi Sirika, a senior member of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, disclosed during a meeting with