Let’s Talk About “Fake News”
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In the middle of the 2nd World War in 1941, the Johannesburg Star published an editorial which accused Hendrik Verwoerd of “falsifying war news in Germany’s…
S*xual Harassment Is Much In The Profession Because No One Reports It- Asam Asam, SAN – TheNigerialawyer
* Sexual Harassment And Bulling is Cowardly–IBA President, Neto * Mia Essien, SAN calls NBA To Set Up Help Desk On Sexual Harassment And Bulling * Sexual Harrassment Common In…
Gov. Darius Ishaku Swears In Justice Filibus Bitrus Andetur As Substantive Chief Judge Of Taraba State – TheNigerialawyer
The Executive Governor of Taraba State, Architect Dickson Darius Ishaku, yesterday, Friday 30th August, 2019 swore-in Honourable Justice Filibus Bitrus Andetur as the 4th Chief Judge of the State. That…
How Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account Was Hacked – TheNigerialawyer
* Like so many Twitter attacks lately, it was a SIM swap. Jack Dorsey’s ongoing mission to increase the civility of public discourse suffered a setback Friday, when an anonymous…
Ganduje declares Monday work-free to mark Islamic New Year – TheNigerialawyer
Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared Monday 2nd Muharram 1441 AH (2nd September 2019) as Work -Free day in the State. A statement signed by Abba Wada…
$9.6bn Judgment Debt, Fraudulent Target On Our Foreign Reserve – FG
The Federal Government alleged on Friday that the $9.6 billion judgment debt against Nigeria over a botched gas contract was a calculated attempt by international and local scammers to deplete…
Nigerian Lawyer, Rabiat Akande Wins Harvard Law Prize for PhD Dissertation
Ibadan-born lawyer, Rabiat Akande, has won the Harvard Prize for her Ph.D. Dissertation (Summa Cum Laude). Akande’s dissertation with the title Navigating Entanglements: Contestations over Religion-State Relations in British Colonial…
Kidnapped Kaduna Lawmaker regains freedom – TheNigerialawyer
The kidnapped Kaduna State House of Assembly member representing Zaria Constituency, Sulaiman Ibrahim Dabo, has been released by his abductors. The lawmaker was believed to have been abducted early Friday…
Lawyers And Nigeria’s Future – TheNigerialawyer
The NBA cannot afford to gloss over pertinent issues of the moment, writes Martin Okpaleke The Annual General Conference of Nigerian lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association…
Yari’s rights can be curtailed, says AGF – TheNigerialawyer
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation has replied to a suit filed by the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, insisting that the ex-governor has…