The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lent its voice to the ongoing industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it has announced plans to commence a 2-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, July 26, in solidarity with the ongoing strike action by the lecturers union. The planned protest…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), has wished the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, quick recovery following a successful operation on account of a fracture of his right femur (thigh bone), possibly related to a long standing injury associated with the game of squash. The secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, in a…
A group of members of the All Progressives Congress have hinted that about 192 National Assembly members are planning to defect from the party to other parties after they failed to secure return tickets during the party primaries. The Planning and Strategy Committee of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation headed by former Secretary to the Government…
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The current Chairman of the NBA’s Welfare Committee, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, has emerged as the NBA President-elect. The official result, made available to LAWYARD showed that Maikyau polled a total of 22,342 votes (representing 64.6%) out of a total tally of 34, 512 votes, with 244 abstentions. His closest opponent, the pioneer Chairman…
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Adeleke Ademola, in the Saturday, 16, July, 2022 governorship election held in Osun state, has been declared winner by the Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, having polled a total of 403,371 votes to defeat 14 other…
There is heightened interest among lawyers and other prospective participants in the 2022 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) amid the news that the key contenders in the country’s forthcoming 2023 presidential election will speak at a session at the conference. In what is clearly a first in the history of the…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced that Meta, the American multinational technology conglomerate, is sponsoring a tech conversation at the NBA Annual General Conference coming up in Lagos in August. Meta, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will also lead the tech conversation at the conference. Announcing this on Friday, Tobenna Erojikwe, chairman, Technical…
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the upward review of judicial officers’ salaries in Nigeria. The court on Friday ordered the upward review of salaries, raising the monthly salary of the Chief Justice of Nigeria to N10 million, while that of justices of the Supreme Court and President of the Court of Appeal…
*VP holds session with envoys of G-7 nations, Egypt, UN, World Bank, IMF country reps on Net-zero emissions plan A Pan-African position articulated and promoted by leaders of the continent on the global Net-zero emissions target by 2050-2060 will further advance the quest for a just energy transition, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN….