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Rivers State Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, has urged the newly sworn-in commissioners to defend the interest of the State and what is right always. The governor told the commissioners to cultivate the culture of keeping accurate records of their dealings in their various ministries of posting. Governor Fubara said such culture was essential for the […]

The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NlC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected a new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage by the Federal Government. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday. Both the NLC and the […]

The Political Commission of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appointed former President of the NLC, Abduwaheed Omar to lead a Transition Committee to reposition the troubled party. But National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh declined comments when contacted. The Omar-led committee is expected to conduct an all-inclusive national convention within the next […]

*Seek Introduction Of ADR Mechanism For Pre-Election Matters Justices of the Court of Appeal and other judicial officers involved in the various election tribunals that decided petitions resulting from the 2023 general elections have advocated that election disputes should be concluded before any winner of an election assumes office. They also suggested that all pre […]

*New NBA-CLE Virtual Library Offers Lawyers Comprehensive Training Resources The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced the launch of an innovative online library, the NBA Continuing Legal Education (NBA-CLE) Virtual Law Library, in collaboration with Olaniwun Ajayi LP. This groundbreaking initiative aims to provide lawyers with free access to a comprehensive collection of training materials […]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government’s expected defeat. The poll will be the first time Sunak, 44, faces the public while in charge after he was appointed leader of the largest party […]

In a shocking incident that occurred at approximately 8 pm last night, Dr. Roland Ipuole, a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Calabar Branch, was kidnapped while attending a meeting along Marian Road in Calabar. According to a colleague of Dr. Ipuole, the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued regulatory guidelines for bureau de change operations after consultation with stakeholders. In February, CBN released a ‘Draft Revised Regulatory and Supervisory Guidelines for Bureau De Change Operations in Nigeria’. However, on Wednesday, following the consultation, CBN made changes to the guidelines and also directed existing BDCs to […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has released the conference fees and registration details for its 2024 Annual General Conference, themed “Pressing Forward.” The conference is scheduled to take place from August 23-28, 2024. According to the released fee structure, lawyers with 1-9 years of experience will pay N50,000 for regular registration between July 1-31, while […]

The Electoral Committee (ELECO) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kano Branch, has released the list of candidates who have been cleared to run in the upcoming branch elections scheduled for June 2024. According to the notice signed by the ELECO Chairman, Ismail Abdulaziz, and Secretary, Zainab A. Bello, Huwaila Mahammad Ibrahim and Usman Umar […]

Moody’s Downgrades Uganda’s Ratings, Changes Outlook to Stable Moody’s Ratings has downgraded the Uganda’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings to B3 from B2 and changed the outlook to stable from negative. In its latest rating note on the sovereign, Moody’s said the downgrade of the ratings reflects diminished debt affordability and increasingly constrained financing […]Read More

Fitch Upgrades InfraCredit’s Outlook to Positive Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited’s (InfraCredit) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating to positive from stable and affirmed the rating at ‘B+’.  Also, Fitch affirmed InfraCredit’s National IFS rating at ‘AAA (nga)’ with a stable outlook. According to the rating note, the outlook […]