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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Yetunde Ayobami Ojo |Ngozi Egenuka
By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo and Ngozi Egenuka 25 February 2025 | 3:01 am For alleged unpaid debt of $10 million for services rendered at the Atala Marginal Field (OML 46), Halkin Exploration and Production Limited has been dragged before a High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Bertram Nwannekanma |Ngozi Egenuka |Segun Adewole
The Federal Government has tasked Hi-tech Construction Company Limited, the contractor handling section one of the Lagos-Badagry Coastal Highway to ensure speedy completion of the project.
Minister of Works, David Umahi, who led officials of the ministry on Day-two of tour to projects in Lagos State, said this was necessary to ensure its commissioning on or before May 29. He thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for ensuring that the project conceived 27 years ago is fast becoming a reality.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Kehinde Olatunji |Shakirah Adunola |Ngozi Egenuka
• Blames agents of destablisation • LP accuses House of stifling defection plans • I’ve no plan to resign, says Speaker • CSOs pledge support for Meranda Lagos State House of Assembly has refuted the claims that 27 of its members are planning to defect to the Labour Party (LP), labelling the reports as “malicious and unfounded.” In a statement, yesterday, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, dismissed the allegations as “entirely...
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Joseph Onyekwere |Ngozi Egenuka
Court remands accused at Ikoyi Correctional Centre
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned another 11 Chinese nationals at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over alleged impersonation, fraud, and attempt to destabilise Nigeria’s constitutional structure. They were arraigned on separate charges bordering on alleged cybercrimes, cyber-terrorism, possession of documents containing false pretence and identity theft, among others.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Yetunde Ayobami Ojo |Ngozi Egenuka
• Evans’ plea bargain: Court fixes March 20 for report• Convict bags NCE certificate in custody
A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) yesterday adjourned proceedings in the murder trial of Oluwabamise Ayanwola to February 10, 2025, for the adoption of final written addresses. The Lagos State government is prosecuting a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Ominikoron, for allegedly killing the 22-year-old fashion designer.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
guardian.ng | Terhemba Daka |Ngozi Egenuka
• U.S President warns of more tariffs, forges ahead with agenda • WEF: Trade barriers serve no one’s interest • Okonjo-Iweala: Trade wars sparked by new tariffs will be catastrophic • Nigeria’s dedication strategic to tackling challenges, says Shettima Amid unprecedented global uncertainty and rising protectionism, the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) yearly meeting has emphasised the urgent need for an open, inclusive global economy and strengthened international cooperation to address...
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
guardian.ng | Kingsley Jeremiah |Ngozi Egenuka
• UNICEF seeks $250m with Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina in desperate situation• U.S. mission provides malaria prevention medicine to 2.2m Nigerian children
Cases of malnourished children and its many implications for the nation’s economy, especially among weak sub-nationals may rise beyond control as stakeholders yesterday called for urgent attention from the Federal, State and Local Governments.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
guardian.ng | Joseph Onyekwere |Ngozi Egenuka
● U.S. decline over, he says, vows to rename Gulf of Mexico, take back Panama Canal ● Pledges to deport illegal immigrants, reverse citizenship by birth ● Trump’s deportation plan a ‘disgrace’, says Pope ● Putin congratulates president, hopes for dialogue on Ukraine, nuclear arms ● Avoid confrontation with Trump, Akinyemi cautions Tinubu Americans and the rest of the world watched with anxiety as the unpredictable Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America...
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade |Ngozi Egenuka |Silver Nwokoro
• Analysts weigh options amid looming shift in relations, alignments • Tariffs could disrupt global trade, supply chains, investments, IMF warns • AGOA trade benefits risk non-renewal, says Yusuf • Rising U.S. inflation, interest rates may affect global capital flow • Identify, return Nigeria’s stolen assets, SERAP tasks new U.S. administration As Donald Trump begins his second term as U.S. president today, Africa is at a critical crossroads, facing the possibility of strained economic ties...
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
guardian.ng | Ngozi Egenuka
By Ngozi Egenuka 17 January 2025 | 2:28 am A prosecution witness, Oladimeji Dada, has testified before a Lagos State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), revealing how his gateman, Usman Amidu, allegedly broke into his house and stole property, including Samsung phones, an iPad, a Nokia phone, a tablet, and over N1.2 million in cash.
