*VP at UBA Group Chairman’s Forum, restates importance of transition fuels for Africa, developing countries While Nigeria has experienced significant growth in the use of digital technology and number of tech companies, there is still much room for much improvement, especially on how to effectively use digital technology for mass education and for healthcare. Vice…
Conference of Speakers of the State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria has insisted on the restructuring of Nigeria and community policing in the ongoing amendment to the 1999 Constitution. Chairman of the Conference and Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman stated this in Abuja on Friday. He was addressing a retreat of the…
TITLE: CAN A PARTY WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PREVIOUS PROCEEDINGS APPEAL AS AN INTERESTED PARTY CASE TITLE: NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE BOARD & ANOR v. INNOSON NIGERIA LIMITED & ORS (2022) LPELR-56659(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH JANUARY, 2022 JUSTICES: OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, JSC JOHN INYANG OKORO, JSC HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared the suspended head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged drug offences. The NDLEA said a sting investigation revealed Abba Kyari as a member of a drug syndicate which operates across the globe. The statement reads: PRESS RELEASE • FEBRUARY…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a “comprehensive and total” strike. The strike was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday. Members of the union’s National Executive Council had held marathon meetings since Saturday at the University of Lagos titled, ‘NEC for NEC.’ ASUU…
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest Development and Litigation (NBA-SPIDEL) will hold a town hall meeting with diverse stakeholders on February 28, 2022. The event is scheduled to take place at the Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The Chairman of NBA-SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani made the following remarks about the upcoming programme: NBA SPIDEL…
The Federal Government has condemned Canada for repressing truckers who were protesting over COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, said the action of the Canadian government amounted to double standard. The minister’s condemnation was a veiled reference to the anti-Nigeria government stance of…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari over the failure to publish the terms and conditions of the agreement, which the federal government recently signed with Twitter Inc. before lifting the ban on the micro-blogging and social networking service in Nigeria. Joined in the suit, as…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Dr. Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR on Thursday 10th February 2022 performed the foundation laying ceremony of the Bauchi Judicial division of the National Industrial Court complex. Justice Tanko said the edifice when completed would ease the administration of justice in the state, region, and Nigeria in general. In…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Thursday notified the public that it had become aware of the supply of adulterated fuel to Nigerian motorists and was investigating the ‘dynamic situation’. FCCPC in a statement signed by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission stated that it was engaging the various regulators and…