The United Arab Emirates, UAE, has again announced the indefinite suspension of flights from Nigeria to Dubai, barely 48 hours after it lifted the previous ban on Saturday. Abu Dhabi had placed a ban on travellers from Nigeria into the Arabian country in March after a rift between both countries on breach of COVID-19 protocol….
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem yesterday declared that she would continue to dispense justice in fear of God and according to the laws of the federation. She made these remarks at a thanksgiving mass held to commemorate her first anniversary in office at St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Jos, Plateau State…
Some youths have stormed the streets of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja in the early hours of Monday to protest against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The protesters said the rally tagged ‘#BuhariMustGo protest’, will be a morning devotion for the next few days. As of the time of filing this report, the youths…
A former Nigerian envoy to Algeria and the Philippines, Nnamdi Onochie, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari regime’s penchant for borrowing, urging it to reverse the Value Added Tax (VAT) to five per cent. The current VAT rate is 7.5 per cent. Mr Onochie also stated that any administration keen on fighting corruption should deploy software…
Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said. “We have now seen that over-centralization of vaccine production capacity is incompatible with equitable access in a crisis situation,” Okonjo-Iweala said…
The Bar Council of England & Wales with the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) issue a joint statement on Chinese sanctions against barristers of England & Wales. The CLA notes that the People’s Republic of China has imposed sanctions against four barristers of England and Wales and their “immediate families”. The chambers in which the barristers…
On 24 May 2021 the Privy Council gave an important judgment, stressing the wide ranging scope and effect of the constitutional right to protection of the law. In Commissioner of Prisons v Seepersad [2021] UKPC 13 the Board considered whether detaining children in adult prison in contrary to Trinidad legislation designed to protect children in…
The Nigerian government is taking steps to further stifle the country’s civic space with its Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed asking members of parliament to include internet broadcasting under the control of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Mr Mohammed made the position of the federal government known in his submission during a public…
The Court of Appeal sitting ìn Akure Wednesday declared that the appeal filed by the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyitayo Jegede, against the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal that upheld the election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Oluwatotimi Akeredolu’, in the October 10, 2020 poll, lacked merit….
A magistrate court sitting in Lagos state has denied Baba Ijesha, embattled Nigerian actor, bail in the ongoing trial over alleged sexual assault. The movie star was arrested and detained by the Lagos state police after he was alleged to have sexually molested a minor at 7 and 14. He was later granted bail on…