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Insurance Companies Collect N729.1bn Premium in First Three Quarters of 2023 Insurance companies collected N729.1 billion as premium in the first three quarters of 2023, an increase of N196 billion over the N532.7 billion collected in the first three quarters of 2022. The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), the regulatory agency in the industry, made the […]

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Nigeria’s Supreme Court held a special session on 27 November 2023 to formally usher in a new legal year. It provide an occasion for a retrospective on the performance of Nigeria’s judiciary by its leaders in a season of unprecedented levels of public angst over the political weaponization of judges and […]

The Lagos State High Court at the Ikeja, Lagos has summoned the acting Director-General, National Commission against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM), Mr Adejare Nurudeen Adegbenro to appear before it following his failure to liquidate an alleged judgment debt. Adegbenro is, according to the summons, the 3rd judgment debtor in […]

In a thought-provoking session at the recently concluded 2023 House of Justice Summit in Kaduna, themed “Electoral Accountability and Democratic Stability,” Tobenna Erojikwe, Partner at The LawCrest LLP and Chairman of the Governing Board of the NBA-ICLE, delivered a compelling address during the segment titled “Finding Solutions: Thought Reflections by Professionals.” Erojikwe’s interventions focused on […]

The coalition of anti-corruption groups, yesterday, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to investigate the viral audio where some politicians in a South-south state were allegedly discussing how a tribunal judgement was secured in favour of the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State. At a media briefing in Abuja, […]

Who blinks first? That is the question demanding an answer as an octogenarian gynecologist, Dr. Albert Ndulue, engages NICON Trustees in battle for the ownership of a piece of land situated at Alma Beach Estate, Ikate, Lagos. The 84-year-old surgeon had recently cried out to the public over an alleged move by NICON Trustees Limited […]

The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sexual offences and domestic violence court in Lagos for defiling his wife’s niece reported as a minor, has faulted the judgment and appealed the lower court judgment on 35 grounds. Olaleye accused the court of erring […]

The House of Representatives, Northern Caucus Chairman, Alhaji Ado Alhassan Doguwa, has strongly denied that President Bola Tinubu had presented an empty Budget Box before the National Assembly. Rather, he said, “What people don’t know is that the President had since submitted a flash drive of the whole Budget before his presentation to the Joint […]

By Farooq A. Kperogi The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), one of Nigeria’s most prominent pro-democracy NGOs, invited me to make a virtual presentation from my base in Atlanta to a national seminar it organized last Thursday on “targeted judicial reforms and enhanced judicial integrity in post-election litigation.” Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it, but […]

The Chairman of the BUA Group, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, has rejected his appointment into a standing committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement yesterday, BUA Group extended appreciation to the APC for considering its Chairman as a member of the finance committee of the political party. It explained: “This acknowledgment reflects […]

The Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to withhold statutory allocations of local councils areas not democratically elected. The resolution followed the adoption of prayer sought to that effect in a motion sponsored by Senator Abba Moro (PDP Benue South). Senator Abba Moro in the motion titled: ” Urgent need to halt the erosion of […]

Inflation Pressure Keeps Private Sector Growth in Check –PMI Companies in Nigeria continued to be negatively impacted by strong inflationary pressures in November, with new orders and output both falling as customers were either reluctant or unable to pay higher charges. Purchase prices rose at the fastest pace in almost two years amid exchange rate […]