Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has withdrawn from the Enugu State governorship race. Ekweremadu said he would not participate in today’s governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State. Ekweremadu, who is currently representing Enugu West Senatorial District at the Senate, was a foremost governorship aspirant in the state…
Gunmen early Wednesday broke into one of the parishes presided over by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah. It was gathered that the armed hoodlums kidnapped two priests and two others in the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. Kukah’s…
The Federal Government has activated a passport tracking system that allows applicants to monitor and know the status of their application online. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, represented by Commissioner, Civil Defense, Customs, Fire Service and Immigration Board, Emmanuel Bassey, said this during the passing out parade of the 47th Basic Superintendent Course, 2021/2022…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintri of Adamawa State, have both been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary election in their respective states. Governor Makinde polled 1,040 votes while his challenger, Azeem Gbolarumi, scored two votes. The returning officer, Abdulahi Maibasira, declared Makinde the winner of…
In a stroke of glorious synchronicity, the Michael Peart Cross Border Mediation Challenge took place on the first day of the Commonwealth Mediation Conference in Belfast, leading to an invitation for the trophy to be presented to the winning team as part of the Conference programme. Jamie Donnelly and Heather Burton from the winning team…
On Wednesday evening 18 May, delegates gathered for a welcome reception at Law Society House to mark the commencement of the second Commonwealth Mediation Conference in Belfast. Delegates had arrived from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya and also from Barbados, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas. We were delighted that George Lim SC had made…
As I made my way to Belfast for the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) Commonwealth Mediation Conference I posted on social media (somewhat tongue in cheek): “Duty calls me as a mediator to go to Belfast for the next few days. No, I am not going to mediate the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol. I…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the State Executive Council. Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the special assistant to the governor on media, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday said the dissolution of the cabinet was with immediate effect. He added that the Chief of Staff to the governor and his Senior Special Assistant…
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday rejected calls by some stakeholders to increase the retirement age of judges and make them life benchers. Thompson Okpoko, who represented the body of SANs, said this on Monday while delivering his speech at the valedictory session in honour of Justice Ejembi Eko, who retired having…
On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned former National Security Adviser, Dasuki along with a former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa; his son Sagir Bafarawa; their company, Dalhatu Investment Limited; and a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, on corruption charges. They were re-arraigned on allegations of breach of trust and…