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The Fifth Circuit has just ruled that a Texas law requiring persons to produce a government-issued ID before casting their ballots is discriminatory and is in violation of the Voting Rights Act, according to Reuters. What is most surprising is that this circuit court is generally known to be one of the most conservative in […]

Are you for Hillary or Trump? Yeesh, let’s step back from that minefield for a moment and consider what it could do for company morale — and stability. Many companies can be lax about what conduct should and should not be restricted within a workplace environment, including political speech. We all invariably start talking about […]

There’s the lawyer — and then there’s the Silicon Valley patent lawyer. Looking through our archives, there seems to be a lack of pieces done on jobs for lawyers who managed to summon the will and dedication to pass the dreaded patent bar. So for this week, as part of our affiliate program with Indeed, […]

The U.S. wants Artem Vaulin of KickassTorrents extradited from the Ukraine to American soil to face various charges related to his site’s illegal distribution of more than $1 billion in media. According to CNN, the Ukrainian man, age 30, was arrested in Poland just days ago. The case is simply the latest in a series […]

Your clients may not be aware of litigation finance, but you should be. And you should also be aware that handling litigation finance can be like trying to catch a falling knife. And if that’s the case, then you’re going to need to know how and why you should talk to your clients about possibly […]

t’s official. The IMF says Nigeria is officially in recession. Confirmed too by the CBN Governor in a closed door session with the Senate as reported in the Nigerian papers today. Emefiele told the Senators that the country is in a dilemma because it’s experiencing two horrible economic infractions at the same time; something he calls […]Read More

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday expressed total commitment to the actualization of the various initiatives put in place by his administration towards making life better, simpler and more prosperous for the people, just as he assured that the State would witness massive transformation in critical sectors in the next six months.Speaking in […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Kidnappers of Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, the Oniba of Ibaland, have demanded for the sum N500 million ransom for his release. The kidnappers abducted the Lagos first class monarch in his palace at Iba area of Lagos around 11:30pm on Saturday. A palace source,  said the gunmen killed the traditional ruler’s guard, […]Read More

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, has returned the corruption case file of a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, to Justice A.R. Mohammed and ordered him to continue presiding over the case. Suswam is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, along with his Commissioner […]

UYO—Luck ran out of four teens said to be trading in human parts as they were, yesterday, arrested by operatives of Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, when the suspects went looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession. The suspected teens are Emmanuel Edet Ikot, 17,  from […]

Senator Kabir Marafa and spokesman of the Unity Forum has said his group may withdraw the forgery case against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, if directed by his party, the APC. LEADERSHIP recalls that as a result of the fallout of the elections of the principal officers of the Senate,the Ahmad […]

It seems like the anti-waste war led by President Muhammadu Buhari is going to be under intense test soon as some people in his inner circle are violating his rules.  On Tuesday, a well-known close ally of the president, the Comptroller General of Customs, Hamid Ali, was spotted flying first class on British Airways flight […]