The NBA-SLP young litigators committee presents the young lawyers debate, inviting participants between 0-7 years post call to be hosted at the NBA-SLP conference at Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. Interested applicants are to send in an essay on ‘THE ROLE OF LAWYERS IN ADDRESSING THE CONUNDRUM OF INSECURITY IN NIGERIA’ on or before the 23rd…
The Federal Government on Monday declared Wednesday and Thursday – May 12 and 13, 2021 – as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitri celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement on behalf of the Federal Government. This was contained in a press statement by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Shuaib…
A local channel, WNAC LLC has filed a lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts against Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. and Nexstar Media Group Inc. alleging copyright infringement over illegal retransmitting its station signal. The […]
Governors have shifted ground in their quest for an earnest resolution of the industrial crisis caused by the clamour by judicial and legislative workers for the implementation of financial autonomy for the two arms of government. Newsmen gathered on Wednesday that the governors had proposed to pay lawmakers a certain percentage of their statutory monthly…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned what he described as the increasing politicization of security in the country by opportunistic politicians. Mr Buhari stated this on Wednesday while welcoming the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna state. He also appealed for the release of the students of…
The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) says the nationwide strike will not be called off until a concrete resolution is reached on financial autonomy Newsmen observed that tomorrow, Thursday, the strike will be a month. JUSUN had began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, April 6, when the union directed all its members across the…
The Army got N1,008.84 trillion as budget releases between January 2019 and this year’s first quarter, Finance, Budget, and National Planning Minister Hajiya Zainab Ahmed told the Senate on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Mrs. Ahmed made the revelation when she appeared before the Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume-led Senate Committee on Army. Citing a letter from…
Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi’s two-year plot to shove aside Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, Thursday night as President Muhammadu Buhari approved his request to suspend her with immediate effect. A late-night statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said…
The Senate has promised the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Service Chiefs, Acting Inspector General of Police (IG), and Heads of intelligence agencies in the country, of its readiness to do everything within its power to ensure that they have all they need to tackle the worsening insecurity situation in the country. President of the…
Some Lagos-based lawyers have appealed to the National Assembly to amend the constitution and include the creation of state police to eradicate rising insecurity in the country. The lawyers told newsmen in separate interviews that it had become imperative to create state police in the face of rising insecurity across the country. The practitioners worry…