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By SCM Reporter LAGOS — FORMER Lagos State Governor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has challenged the legal profession to take a more proactive role in tackling Nigeria’s persistent security challenges, asserting that the battle against criminality cannot be won by politicians and security agencies alone. Fashola made this declaration on Tuesday while delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch Law Week, held in Lagos. Speaking on the lecture topic, “Law, Leadership and the Ballot: Governance Beyond Politics,” the former Minister of Works and Housing…
By SCM Sport Football Desk CRISTIANO RONALDO answered his fierce critics in the most explosive way possible last night, smashing two goals to shatter yet another world record and drag a revitalised Portugal back from the World Cup brink. The ageless wonder, performing at the ripe old age of forty-one, put on a masterclass in modern forward play to inspire a breathtaking five-nil destruction of tournament debutants Uzbekistan. After a thoroughly miserable, stuttering draw against the Democratic Republic of the Congo in their Group K curtain-raiser, the pressure on the veteran superstar had reached a boiling point. Knives were…
HEBy SCM Correspondent LAGOS — The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Olanrewaju Alogba, have made a strong case for a paradigm shift toward science-driven criminal investigations to fix the critical evidentiary gaps stalling the prosecution of criminal cases across Nigeria. They made these assertions on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Global Forensics Summit. The event was organized by the International Academy of Forensics in collaboration with The Guardian Newspaper, Nigeria, under the theme: “Forensic Investigation and Criminal Intelligence: Strengthening the Administration of Justice in the Age of…
Admin I Tuesday, June 23, 2025 LAGOS — A financial advisor has detailed how hundreds of thousands of dollars were wired into international bank accounts across the United States and Mauritius, as the trial of an alleged fraudster accused of a $1.5 million (£1.2 million) scam opened in Lagos. Appearing as the first prosecution witness before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Babatunde Adebayo narrated how the defendant, Ifoma Immanuel, allegedly orchestrated a web of illicit transactions using personal and corporate accounts. Led in evidence by Babatunde Shonoiki, counsel for Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
By SCM Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria – The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has raised an alarm over what it describes as the continuous degradation of Nigeria’s judicial system, claiming that the party has become the “worst hit” by a series of alleged miscarriages of justice delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court. The opposition party made this assertion while reacting to a recent court judgement delivered by Justice Lifu which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) alongside five other political parties. In a statement signed over…
Admin I Tuesday, June 23, 2026 GENEVA – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today launched a six-month Regional Ebola Preparedness and Response Plan seeking USD 55.8 million to strengthen coordinated action across 11 countries following the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). So far, USD 20 million has been secured, leaving a funding gap of around USD 35 million. The appeal will support preparedness and response measures aimed at stopping further spread of the virus, with particular focus on communities affected by displacement and high levels of cross-border movement. “The outbreak is centred…
Admin I Tuesday, June 23, 2024 ABUJA, Nigeria – FC Robo Queens of Lagos, conquerors of multi-titlists Rivers Angels in the quarter finals, will fancy their chances against Heartland Queens of Owerri in the first semi final of this year’s President Federation Cup women’s competition at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on Wednesday. However, the girls from Owerri have the mettle to put up their own arguments in the 90-minute encounter, having eliminated Dragon Fury Ladies, Ahudiyannem Queens and Ibom Angels on their way to the last-four stage. On their part, Lagos-based Robo Queens saw off Rangers Women…
Admin I Tuesday, June 23, 2026 ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday passionately appealed, once more, to media owners, media workers and persons in the public space to consistently make the effort to verify news items they see on social media or any public space before escalating the same to other spaces. This further appeal comes against the background of a fake news item on Tuesday, propagated by an internet scamster who imagined and published on Facebook, a report that Super Falcons’ defender Ashley Plumptre was lamenting her exclusion from the Nigeria team ‘selected’ to defend…
AABy SCM Correspondent LAGOS, Nigeria – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the recent court-ordered remand of human rights activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, describing it as a “dangerous regression” for Nigeria’s democratic journey. Obi’s reaction follows Monday’s ruling by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered Sowore—the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC)—to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Reacting via an official statement on Tuesday, Obi warned that using state security apparatus and judicial processes to silence critics…
Admin I Tuesday, June 23, 2026 LAGOS, Nigeria — In an era where communication teams face growing pressure to demonstrate business value, P+ Measurement Services will convene an international panel of communications, media intelligence, and measurement professionals for a timely conversation on the future of PR reporting. Scheduled for Friday, June 26, 2026, the virtual session forms part of the latest edition of the agency’s long-running knowledge-sharing series, bringing together practitioners from across global markets to explore a question confronting the communications industry: Why do so many PR reports fail to influence decision-making? Under the theme, “Why Most…