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Renowned legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to extend love and kindness, as many individuals are facing hard times in the country. Olanipekun decried that the myriad of challenges confronting the country has led to instability, tension, unrest, anguish, pain, confusion, and many more issues among the citizens. Olanipekun stated […]

A United Kingdom High Court presided over by Mrs. Justice May, has given the go-ahead to more than 13,000 farmers and fishermen from Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger Delta to proceed with their claims against Shell. But in a swift response, Shell has said that the stealing of crude oil on an industrial […]

An Awka Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen to the Nigerian Correctional Center, for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. The priest was also accused of forcefully taking the pregnant minor to Benin City, Edo State, where she delivered her baby, but police […]

Allegations and counter-allegations on alleged interference and financial inducements of Justices of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the APC governorship candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as duly elected governor of Kano State has taken a new dimension. Chairman of the APC in the state, Abdullahi Abbas, has threatened to initiate defamation charges against the Kano State […]

The recent nomination of 22 Court of Appeal justices by the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) for elevation to the Supreme Court has generated controversy over allegations of disregard for regional seniority. Critics claim the list deliberately favored junior nominees to position them as potential Chief Justices of Nigeria in the future. According to Sunday […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr Ajay Banga “to promptly, transparently and effectively conduct investigation into spending of loans and other facilities by the country’s 36 state governors and to suspend any loans and funding if there is relevant admissible evidence of mismanagement or diversion of public funds […]

43 Items Not Totally Banned, Cardoso Clarifies The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has clarified that the 43 items were never explicitly prohibited from importation or sale in Nigeria. Cardoso gave this clarification at the 58th Annual Bankers’ Dinner organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) […]

CBN Plans New Round of Recapitalisation for Banks The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is planning to implement a new round of banking recapitalisation for the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the CBN Governor, announced this at the 58th Annual Bankers’ Dinner organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria […]

43 Items Not Totally Banned, Clarifies Cardoso The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has clarified that the 43 items were never explicitly prohibited from importation or sale in Nigeria. Cardoso gave this clarification at the 58th Annual Bankers’ Dinner organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) […]

Meghan Markle has accused two members of the royal household of making racist comments in a new bombshell book. Journalist Omid Scobie writes in “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival” that the Duchess of Sussex wrote private letters to King Charles III, in which she named the two people who […]

By Daniel Kip INTRODUCTION  According to the 9th August, 2021 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface is now about 1.1° C warmer than it was in the late 1800s (before the industrial revolution) […]

*Says Judges Are Not Immune To Errors, Present Facts The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has described allegations making the rounds against the country’s judiciary as cheap blackmail. Fagbemi appealed to politicians who lost out at the election not to throw caution to the wind. He also urged them […]