The Federal government has pointed at past neglect of the power sector as the major cause of slow development of the power sector and consequently epileptic power supply. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu who presented 16 memos at the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo today, disclosed the…
Notice is hereby given that voting for all CLA members to vote for their new Council will open at 12 midnight GMT on Wednesday 18th January 2022. Further to the Constitutional changes to expand the representation on Council for the new term 2022 -2024, and the subsequent call for nominations that closed on 15th September…
This will be the final newsletter of 2021 and provides an opportunity for me to share some reflections of the year and to wish all CLA colleagues a happy, prosperous, and healthy new year. One undoubted highlight of 2021 was the CLC in the Bahamas in September. After so much hard work by so many,…
Nigeria and Sao Tome & Principe’s Organised Private Sector ought to take advantage of investment opportunities in both countries as a form of strengthening bilateral relations according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. He said this today during a courtesy call by the Prime Minister and Head of Government of the Democratic Republic of Sao…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in dealing with the current security challenges facing the nation. This is as he acknowledged that Turkey had garnered a lot of experience dealing with security challenges of various kinds and Nigeria will latch onto that experience. Buhari said this at…
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has granted bail to a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, in the sum of N5 million. Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe granted the bail on Friday following an oral application made by the counsel to the former minister, Wale Balogun. The bail conditions included that the defendant must fill…
The Nigeria Bar (NBA), National Executive Council (NEC), at its on going meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Council (NBA-NEC) has equivocally condemned attacks by Gboyega Awomolo SAN directed at the NBA President, Olumide Akpata. In addition, the Council passed a vote of confidence on the NBA National executive committee…
Democracy remains the best system of establishing governments because it guarantees respect for the fundamental rights of individuals to choose their leaders, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, where he chaired a roundtable discussion, which was held in honour of the late governor of…
The Nigerian Bar Association has constituted Committee for the 2022 general election. The Electoral Committee was constituted on Thursday at the NEC meeting of the NBA, held at Abeokuta the State Capital of Ogun State and Richard Ayodele Akintunde SAN. appointed to head the committee. Other members of the Committee are *Mabel Okeke — Secretary…
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, says about 30,197 criminal cases were filed between September 2020 and June 2021. Justice Tsoho disclosed this, on Thursday, while delivering a speech to formally declare the 2021/2022 legal year open in Abuja. Tsoho, while enumerating the status of litigation within the…