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An entertainment lawyer, Akinyemi Ayinoluwa, who is a partner at Hightower Solicitors and Advocate, has been named one of the most important music lawyers in the world by Billboard for 2025. The recognition highlights Ayinoluwa’s exceptional expertise in music law and dedication to championing the rights of record producers and songwriters. According to Billboard’s April …
The federal government has again warned foreigners with expired visas to leave the country within three months or risk sanctions. “The Nigeria Immigration Service wishes to further inform the general public that a window period of three months from 1st May to 1st August 2025 shall be granted to allow foreigners residing in Nigeria with …
Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, has refuted allegations made by the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Atiku Abubakar Isah, describing them as an attempt to defame his character. Reacting in an Instagram post on Friday, Seyi stated, “Wow.. how can someone lie with so much confidence…?? Wow wow… …
British energy giant Shell on Friday reported a sharp drop in first-quarter net profit as it was hit by weaker oil prices but pushed ahead with shareholder returns. Profit attributable to shareholders fell 35 percent to $4.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, Shell said in an earnings statement. Total …
ABAKALIKI—THE Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 9 Umuahia, Mr. Kanayo Uzuegbu, has said that the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) are dying off in the South East zone. He called on the people of the zone to go about their normal businesses without fear of attack and intimidation. …
Owerri— The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday said that to curb insecurity in the country would go beyond carrying guns. The governor spoke to newsmen in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, when the governor received the Management and Course 18 participants of the National Institute for Security Studies, NISS, at …
UMUAHIA—President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is expected in Abia State to inaugurate the reconstructed Port Harcourt Road Aba, before May 29. Governor Alex Otti who disclosed this during a media parley Wednesday night, in Umuahia, said the 6.5-kilometre strategic road would be handed over to the state Ministry of Works in a week as the contractor, …
Royal families of Oke-Ode in Kwara State have congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the appointment of Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the new Group Managing Director, BMD, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. This appointment comes as a result of the replacement of former GMD, Mele Kyari. According to Prince Semiu Nasir Sanni, who …
Kehinde Sanni spends his days smoothing out dents and repainting scratched bumpers in a modest autobody shop in Lagos. He has never left Nigeria, yet he speaks glowingly of Ibrahim Traore, the military leader of Burkina Faso. “Nigeria needs someone like Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso. He’s doing well for his country,” Sanni said. His …
Former Inspector General of Police, Dr. Solomon Arase (Rtd), has paid glowing tribute to the late elder statesman, Chief (Pa) Edwin Clark, describing him as the “conscience of the nation” whose enduring legacy helped secure peace, stability, and unity in Nigeria—particularly within the often-restive Niger Delta region. In a heartfelt eulogy made available to Vanguard, …