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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and gas facilities at Owaza in Abia and Odogwa in Etche Local […]

By Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt INTRODUCTION we have in part 1 of this thesis, used the allegory of a man with a hunch to liken Nigeria’s needless push for ECOWAS intervention in the Nigerien coup militarily. We brought out historical perspectives to show why Nigeria is not a […]Read More

By Femi Falana SAN By virtue of section 2 of the National Youth Service Act, every citizen who has graduated at any tertiary institution in and outside Nigeria and is not 30 years old shall be mobilised for the one year compulsory national youth service. Any person above 30 is not eligible to participate in […]

By Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu My Lady says: “It comes with the territory.” Well, we just completed our Bar Exam at the Gambia Law School.  I must confess the past three weeks were like hellfire. The learning philia was on the high in the first week and diminished in the second week. Even before that, […]

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Towards the end of 2022, as his country began preparations towards general elections scheduled to take place in the penultimate week of August 2023, Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, contracted an unusual bout of generosity denominated in United States Dollars. First he disbursed US$500,000 to his ministers, comprising twenty cabinet ministers, thirteen […]

Naira Crashes as FX Demand Overruns Supply After a show of strength across the foreign exchange (FX) market last week, the Nigerian naira has crashed amidst declining inflows of the United States (US) dollar into the official and parallel marketers. The more the naira, the fewer products individuals and corporate organisations are getting; and the […]

Inflation: Progress and the Path Ahead –Speech by Powell It is the Fed’s job to bring inflation down to our 2 per cent goal, and we will do so. We have tightened policy significantly over the past year. Although inflation has moved down from its peak—a welcome development—it remains too high. We are prepared to […]

Nigeria Endorses Commonwealth Roadmap on Fast-Tracking Gender Equality Women’s affairs ministers from Commonwealth countries, including representatives from Nigeria, have committed to a roadmap yesterday, designed to scale up efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, especially in climate action. The roadmap was the result of three-day deliberations among ministers at their triennial […]

The NBA Garki Branch, Abuja Liberty Bar, is gearing up to host the highly anticipated 2023 Annual General Conference. With the theme “Getting it Right: Charting the Course for Nigeria’s Nation Building,” the conference aims to provide a platform for collective reflection and in-depth discussions on critical issues facing the nation. Conference attendees are invited […]

The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Sa’idu Umar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ahmad Aliyu and his Deputy, Idris Gobir. After hearing and adopting their respective final written addresses on Saturday, the three-member panel of justices led my Haruna Mshelia reserved judgment adding that a […]

The federal government has denied the report of expulsion of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Niger, Mohammed Sani Usman. The ministry of foreign affairs in a statement on Saturday, August 26, said people should refrain from news that could jeopardize the ongoing mediation efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The statement which was […]

On Sunday, August 27, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will declare this year’s annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) open in Abuja. The President of the NBA, Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), who disclosed this on Saturday at a pre-conference press briefing at the NBA house in Abuja, said President Tinubu has agreed to […]