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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Friday, gave further insight into the rationale behind  the 70% increase of the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol. In a statement titled “The Fuel Pricing Debate: Our Story,” issued and  signed  by him , Osinbajo stated that there are many misconceptions that followed the announcement of […]

I have read the various observations about the fuel pricing regime and the attendant issues generated. All certainly have strong points. The most important issue of course is how to shield the poor from the worst effects of the policy.  I will hopefully address that in another note. Permit me an explanation of the policy. […]

logo Yet again, another casualty has been recorded on the global media scene. The Independent Newspapers in the United Kingdom isabout going all digital,thereby burying its print edition forever. At its peak, The Independent was churning out half a million daily prints and then it went down to an abysmal low of 50, 000 daily. […]

The war against Boko Haram continues in Nigeria The Nigerian Federal Government would‎ establish a Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA data-bank to track criminals, especially terrorists in the country, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has disclosed.  He made the disclosure in Abuja while briefing security correspondents on the sidelines of the ongoing 2nd Regional Security Summit. […]

The human body is weak. We are soft, fleshy. We tire easily, can work barely 16 hours a day. We demand standing desks, days off, health care. When thrown against a wall of endless document review, legal research, contract revisions, motion practice, we crumble. Robots, however, are resilient. They need none of Man’s comforts — […]

After it breezed through the California Legislature, Senate Bill 269 was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, conferring major protections to small California businesses that find themselves on the receiving end of an ADA violations suit. The bill, effective immediately, will give small businesses under 50 employees additional time to comply with the law before incurring […]

Recently we covered the legal issues involving summer interns working gratis. Now we can address a meatier concern: summer associates. Much ink and gossip is spilled and spent (not necessarily in that order, mind you) over how to handle summer associate culture. But what about summer associates in an in-house setting? More of the Same, […]

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned some top officials of the Federal School of Medical Laboratory Technology, FSMLT, Jos, Plateau State before Justice Y. G. Dakwak of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on a 15-count charge bordering on conspiracy and diversion of funds to the tune of N359 […]

The federal government has ordered an investigation into the military payroll as a means of cleaning up what has been perceived as a rot in the military personnel payments. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, gave the directive in Abuja, yesterday, according to a statement by the Director of press, Alh. Salisu, Dambatta. The […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter EBONYI State government said it had uncovered a job scam  in the local government system involving 838 cemetery keepers, who are receiving consolidated Health Salary Scheme, CONHESS, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Samuel Okoronkwo, said in Abakaliki, yesterday. The Commissioner also debunked rumours making the rounds […]

A senator from Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has sent out a warning to President Muhammadu Buhari to ‘immediately reverse’ the new policy measure he announced for a deregulation of Nigeria’s petroleum downstream because of the “unbearable” effects it will have on Nigerians, Mr. Melaye, who wrote this warning on his Facebook page Thursday night, said […]Read More