Armed policemen have stormed the Abuja head office of the DAILY NIGERIAN newspaper in search of its publisher, Jaafar Jaafar. In October 2018, DAILY NIGERIAN had published video clips of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, stuffing bundles of dollars, suspected to be a bribe from a contractor, in his pockets. The governor, in an interview…
Former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has said the secret police informed the Federal Government and the National Assembly of the past radical pro-Taliban views of embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, before his confirmation as minister in 2019. This came as the Federal Executive Council, FEC,…
Nigeria’s Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of 1.5 billion US Dollars and 995 million Euros (about 1 trillion Nigerian Naira) in external loans. President Buhari got the approval for the foreign borrowing after the Senate Committee Local and Foreign Debts presented its report on Tuesday. Chairman of the committee, Clifford Odia told the…
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Hon. Justice Kazeem Alogba, has said Lagos Judiciary has been enjoying the total compliance of Financial Autonomy on recurrent expenditures 100%, and on Capital Expenditure from the State Government. Justice Alogba also stated that the State Government has been in 75% compliance of JUSUN’s other demand, adding that, though…
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be bullied by calls for secession. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, criticized those calling for secession noting that they are the problem of Nigeria. Shehu said that although the Federal Government is working to address challenges being faced in the country, those…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday detained a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, over alleged illegal financial dealings. He was said to have been detained at the EFCC office in Sokoto. Yari was detained after he had been interrogated by the anti-graft agency for many hours on Tuesday. A top…
NATRIP and WIPO Nigeria Office (WNO) will be co-hosting a webinar to mark this year’s World IP Day. The theme for this year is IP and SMEs: Taking your Ideas to the Market. The […]
What are the different types of IP? Generally speaking, there are four types of IP: patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Patents – A patent is a property right granted by the U.S. government to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale or selling an invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into…
You might be considering purchasing a real estate property, or maybe you’re considering owning your own own someday in the nearest furture. In this article, we have listed a few things you need to know before getting started. Pre-Qualification: Before you can make a real estate purchase, you need to know what you can spend. You…