Month: April 2018

This piece juxtaposes the law on self-defence in Nigeria with the call, by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. General T.Y. Danjuma, on communities vulnerable to herdsmen violence to defend…

The Co-Chairman of the Nigerian Intervention Movement, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), said Danjuma should not be blamed for what he said since the government had failed to protect the lives…

* Reviews requests for extension of VAIDS’ deadline The federal government has finally extended the implementation of 2017 capital budget to June 5, 2018, shifting forward the conclusion of the…

The NBA- Section on Legal Practice Chair, MRS. MIA ESSIEN SAN, speaks on the forthcoming SLP conference that will hold in Port-Harcourt. In this interview she spoke on why the…

THE Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi, Telu I, stoked the fire of controversy yesterday by adopting the title of an Emir. He officially declared himself the Emir of Yorubaland.…

Official sponsors of the ongoing Big Brother Naija show, Payporte, have expressed their displeasure at the comments made by housemate CeeC about her party dress before she altered it on…

It seems like the legal profession does not want to be left out of the new trend in entertainment, reality television. How else can one explain the way that lawyers…

The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, describes the increased Lagos land use charge as fraudulent in this interview with TOBI AWORINDE What are your thoughts on…

The Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Lagos State branch, Mr. Rogba Orimalade, tells TOBI AWORINDE that the reduction of the land use charge by the Lagos State…

The Kaduna State Government has said regardless of the rejection of its $350m loan application by the Senate, the state, under Governor Nasir el-Rufai, will not compromise its development. The…