The federal government Thursday said it had got the approval of the Ukrainian government to evacuate Nigerian students and other citizens from Sumy, beginning from today. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this on his Twitter handle. Onyeama said his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmyro Kuleba, assured that that Ukraine would establish a humanitarian corridor…
In what appears a major step to containing the crisis plaguing the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, has allegedly approved the removal of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party and in his stead, appointed his Niger State…
*Adds: The President wants results *VP chairs inaugural meeting of Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East The safe return of Nigerians displaced by the insurgency in the North-East from Cameroon, Niger and Chad will be treated as an emergency assignment, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN….
The Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, has outlined activities for this year’s Law Week. The Law Week is themed: “Democracy and Legal Order: Shaping the Future”. The schedule for the NBA Law Week 2022 is as follows; Friday, 18th March 2022 Central Mosque, Lagos Time: 1pm – 2pm Jumat Service Civic Centre Time:…
Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has faulted the Nigeria Police Force over the arrest of an Abuja based legal practitioner, Abubakar Marshall. Marshall, a lawyer to activist Omoyele Sowore, was arrested on Friday by the FCT Police Command for failing to produce his client. But in a statement…
By Misbau Alamu Lateef, PhD. Religion is a delicate issue, particularly in Nigeria, where adherents of the dominant religions, Christians and Muslims, seem to be in a perpetual and sometimes destructive mutual suspicion, distrust, or competition. Therefore, it is understandable why the current adjustment to police uniform by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in…
*Adds: Nigeria accounted for 35% of $4billion in funding raised last year by over 564 startups across the continent *At commissioning of Bankers House in Abuja, VP declares Nigeria set for great heights with the resilience, potential of its people The Federal Government understands the critical role the private sector plays in delivering value to…
*NBA Lagos Law Week holds from March 18th – 25th, 2022* *Theme*: *”Democracy and Legal Order: Shaping the Future”* Register here https://nbalagos.ng/2022-law-week/ 10 percent discount for early bird registration which ends on March 11, 2022. The post NBA Lagos Branch Law Week 2022 appeared first on Lawyard.
The Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), led by Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN paid a courtesy visit on the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI) of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Major General S.A. Adebayo, today, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. The CDI, though not on hand to receive the delegation as led by Chief…
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has remanded businessman, Prince Rahman Adedoyin and six other suspects over the death of an OAU student, Timothy Adegoke. Adedoyin is the chairman of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, the last known place that the late Adegoke lodged prior to his death. Adegoke,…