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Marking International Human Rights Day 2023, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau emphasized an impartial judiciary and principles-based legal profession as fundamental to safeguarding individual freedoms and the collective good. In a statement underscoring this year’s Human Rights Day theme “Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All,” Maikyau positioned the annual milestone as more […]

New Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 17 comprising Ondo and Ekiti states, Adebowale Williams, has said that the political was monitoring political situation in Ondo state. Adebowale said the intervention of President Bola Tinubu helped to reduce political tension in the state. The AIG zone 17 said it was the […]

*Faults ‘Moneybag’ Tagging, Says Politics Expensive A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has denied rumours that his governorship ambition is being sponsored by Governor Godwin Obaseki. He also said there was no truth that Obaseki would back him if his preferred candidate in the People Democratic Party failed to win […]

Prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mazi Afam Osigwe graced the 2023 Dinner of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) Port Harcourt Branch on Saturday. During his goodwill message to the branch, he applauded their selection of “The Law and Democratic Realities” as the theme for the upcoming Law Week. Osigwe described the theme as insightful, […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly publish details of barrels of oil Nigeria produces and exports every day and the total amounts of revenues generated from oil since the removal of subsidy on petrol in May […]

To achieve a quicker return to constitutional democracy in some West African countries, the Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) has been advised to deploy a new approach to engagements on the matter. The chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, suggested the approach […]

ETI Signs $200m Sustainability-Linked Loan With Syndicate Development Institutions A syndicate of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFIs), led by Proparco, has signed a $200 million sustainability-linked loan to support Ecobank Group’s sustainability and climate strategy. Dr Ayo Adepoju, Group Chief Financial Officer(GCFO), Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), disclosed this in a statement made available to the […]

PFAs Pay N1.63trn Lump Sum to 442,000 Retirees in 15yrs – PenOp The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) said that the pension industry paid N1.63 trillion as lump sum to 442,000 retirees as at the second quarter of the year. It also said that they were paid through programme withdrawals and annuity products […]

NDIC to Pay N16.18bn Liquidation Dividends of 20 Failed Banks The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it is prepared to conduct 100 per cent liquidation dividend payments worth N16.18 billion for depositors of 20 failed banks. Already the corporation has asked depositors to come forward for verification and payment of their deposits that are […]

Lawyers representing the Concerned Northern Forum have issued a threat to take legal action against the federal government if it fails to provide adequate compensation for the victims of Tudun Biri, which was bombed by military aircraft in Kaduna state. Over 80 villagers were killed during the celebration of Maulud last Sunday night. Speaking on […]

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On this day 75 years ago, on 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.” 48 of the 58 countries eligible voted to approve the Declaration. The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist […]

The 2023 edition of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Degema Branch Law Week attracted special guest Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN, who delivered an impactful goodwill message praised for its insightful content. Addressing attendees in Degema, the respected Senior Advocate of Nigeria commended the Branch for selecting the highly relevant theme “Post Election Litigation: A Critique […]