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You’ve hung your shingle. Now it’s time to take it down. Whether you’re retiring, moving across the country, joining another firm, or giving up on the law, you’ve decided to shutter your firm. But closing a law firm isn’t like shutting down any other business. You still have ethical responsibilities to take care of when […]Read More

Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner is one of the few appellate judges to have become a household name — if your household includes a legal professional or two, that is. And part of what makes Judge Posner so well-known is that he is rarely shy about expressing his opinions. His condemnation of the Bluebook, for […]

The recent militant attacks on oil and gas facilities may have prompted the Federal Government to look towards developing alternative sources of gas supply for power generation in the country. Government officials, who gave the indications on Wednesday at the Nigerian Gas Association’s Business Forum 2016 in Lagos, highlighted a number of options being considered […]

The refinery and fertiliser projects of Dangote Industries Ltd (DIL) is expected to create no fewer than 235,000 direct and indirect new jobs when it becomes operational in the first quarter of 2019. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, who disclosed this at the weekend the vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo visited the projects’ site […]

No fewer than 300,000 applications were received for the 750 positions advertised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, an official has said. Its Director of Public Affairs, Mr Osita Nwaja, announced the figures in Enugu when he visited the Enugu zonal office of the News Agency of Nigeria. Nwaja said that the recruitment was […]

Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum, has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with several Chinese firms for over $80 billion new investments, spanning five years, in the oil and gas industry covering pipelines, refineries, gas and power, facility refurbishments and upstream financing. Kachikwu made this information available from Beijing, China, saying the agreements […]

A judge of the federal high court in Abuja on Thursday, June 30, 2016 has struck out a suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer challenging the eligibility of President Muhammadu Buhari over the president’s inability to present a WAEC certificate to prove he sat for the secondary school leaving examination. Justice Adeniyi Ademola delivered his […]

One Corporal Hassan Aminu, a member of the presidential bodyguard squad for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been arrested following his alleged links with terrorist group, Boko Haram. According to Vanguard, Aminu has been taken into custody by security operatives where he is undergoing interrogation. It remains unclear how, Hassan Aminu, an army corporal got […]

The Bayelsa State government has released funds for the full payment of January salaries to workers in the Niger Delta University (NDU), the Bayelsa state commissioner for information and orientation, Jonathan Obuebite, said on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The decision was in fulfilment of the agreement reached between government and labour at a meeting to […]

A High Court of Abia State has stopped the chief judge of Abia State, president of the Customary Court of Appeal and any other judicial officer, from swearing-in Mr. Uche Oga as governor. The order made on Thursday, June 30, 2016 in court by Justice Ahuchaogu reads: “Upon this motion ex-parte pursuant to section 143 […]

Benin  – The letter of appointment allegedly issued to Emmanuel Ehikioya, one of the claimants to the throne of the Onojieship of Okhuesan Kingdom in Esan South-East Local Government of Edo State by the state government, is now causing ripples in the community, as the said heir apparent had not performed the burial rites of the […]

Rivers Assembly Passes Port Harcourt Polytechnic Bill Into Law River State House of Assembly has passed the Port Harcourt Polytechnic bill into law, thus making the former Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Rumuola now Port Harcourt Polytechnic. The House, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Adams Dima also passed into law the Rivers […]