The Call to Bar Ceremony for new lawyers will now hold at the Body of Benchers Secretariat, Abuja. Candidates were earlier notified that the graduation ceremony would hold at the Nigeria Law School Bwari But, following security threats and attacks around Bwari, legal practitioners raised concerns about holding the event there. The new venue was Read More…
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Insecurity: Expect double food prices from August, farmers warn Nigerians
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has warned that a rise in food prices is imminent. The farmers told Nigerians to prepare for doubled food prices from August. The prices of staple menu like beans, rice and garri may jump by as high as 50 per cent from next month, they warned. According to Read More…
Uyo prison ‘rejects’ Lagos activist-lawyer sentenced by Akwa Ibom CJ
The Uyo Correctional Centre has turned back a Lagos-based human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong sentenced to one month imprisonment on Wednesday morning by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot allegedly without trial. The prison authorities, according to Effiong, declined to incarcerate him, on grounds of Covid-19 protocols. Effiong has been updating Read More…
Trump hints at running for president again in 2024
Former President Donald Trump returned to Washington for the first time since leaving office Tuesday, and hinted at running for office again in 2024. He vigorously repeated his false election claims that sparked the January 6 insurrection at the nearby Capitol. “It was a catastrophe, that election. A disgrace to our country,” he said, insisting Read More…
LASSIP 2022: Lagos set for school sports initiative
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s investments in young residents are set for a boost with the proposed launch of the Lagos State School Sports Intervention programme (LASSIP). The Director of Public Relations, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Titi Oshodi-Eko said the launch would help to reinvigorate school sports system. Oshodi-Eko said that LSSC would flag off the Read More…
Certificate forgery: Court declines to bar ICPC from prosecuting Bauchi Rep
The Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to restrain the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the ICPC or any prosecutorial agency from charging Hon. Mohammed Garba-Gololo with alleged certificate forgery.Garba-Gololo is the legislator representing Gamawa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State in the House of Representatives,Justice Taiwo Taiwo in a judgment delivered on July 25, Read More…
Reps amend law to stop CBN governor from partisan politics
The House of Representatives has passed a Bill after the second reading to stop the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from participating in future elections in the country. Sada Soli, the sponsor of the Bill at the plenary in Abuja on Tuesday said the bill would add more conditions to the disqualification Read More…
Reps ticket: Herbalists dupe Ekiti politician of N24m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Tuesday said it had arrested two self-proclaimed spiritualists for defrauding an aspiring House of Representatives member in Ekiti State of N24,071,000. It said the men, Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, alongside one Ifawole Ajibola (aka Baba Kalifa currently on the run), obtained the money under the pretext Read More…
Kalu’s N7.1b ‘fraud’ trial: Court blasts EFCC lawyer, may disqualify SAN in seven days
The Federal High Court Abuja on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Rotimi Jacobs, to show cause why he should not be disqualified from further prosecuting former Abia governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu, who is serving as a senator, is standing trial on allegations of mismanaging funds belonging Read More…
Three dead in fresh fighting in Libyan capital
No fewer than three persons were killed in fresh fighting between rival Libyan factions in Tripoli overnight. The fighting took place in the Ain Zara region late on Thursday night between units of the Presidential Council’s security force and the Special Deterrence Force, or RADA. Osama Ali, a spokesman for Libya’s Ambulance and Emergency Services, Read More…