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Professor of International Law and President of the International Law Association-Nigerian Branch, Professor Damilola Olawuyi, SAN, has described the unilateral signing of international agreements by sub-national entities such as Ogun State, as a lamentable violation of Nigeria’s constitution and contrary to the tenets of international law. Speaking on the Morning Brief on Channels Television, the […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the sum of N10 billion grant to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to actualise the country’s Digital Switch-Over process. The director general of NBC, Charles Ebuebu disclosed this yesterday in Abuja. Ebuebu promised that the fund would be judiciously utilised to actualize the digital switchover. The country had failed on […]

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), have warned that the Federal Government would not tolerate subversion of the democratically elected government under whatever guise. Fagbemi affirmed that the government will promote and uphold the fundamental rights of all citizens, but insisted that any infraction or breach […]

Activist lawyer Madubuachi Idam has highlighted that Nigerian laws do not support the idea of a woman receiving 50 per cent of her husband’s assets in the event of a divorce. Speaking with newsmen on Thursday, Idam warned that women who encourage their husbands to enter into a court marriage with the expectation of dividing […]

*Bids Farewell To Retiring CJN Ariwoola President Bola Tinubu will swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Friday, August 23, following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. The scheduled swearing-in ceremony, which will be held at the Council Chambers of the State House, was announced in a statement […]

The leadership crisis afflicting the Benue state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC assumed a fresh twist on Thursday as the dissolved state executive members of the party led by Hon. Augustine Agada dragged the party’s National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to court for disobedience of the Court order. A Benue state […]

THE Edo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has denied a trending online publication that it is in alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 21 governorship election in the state. The online report claimed that the alliance was orchestrated by the presidency involving senior members of the party and the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has released a detained member of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Ibadan branch, Barr. Phillip Ojo. Ojo was released after a peaceful protest led by the branch chairman, Ibrahim Lawal on Thursday. Ojo was detained alongside the bailiff of the Oyo State High Court while trying to serve […]

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced that the Ministry will not propose any new projects for the 2025 fiscal year, aiming to minimise or eliminate the occurrence of abandoned projects. This is as he decries N16tn funding gap on an ongoing over 4,000 projects he claimed the current administration inherited. He made this statement […]

Acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Iliya Damagum, has explained his decision to sign the controversial letter to the Appeal Court on the case involving the embattled 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly contrary to the position of the party’s national legal adviser, Mr. Ajibade, SAN. Damagum, who […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the internal crisis in the party. He spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during a media briefing to mark his first year in office as the FCT Minister. Despite being a PDP member, Wike was […]

Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola, a retired Supreme Court Justice and former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is dead. Musa Aliyu, ICPC chairman, announced Ayoola’s death in a statement on Wednesday. Ayoola, who was the second ICPC chairman, died on Tuesday at the age of 91. He served as […]