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Adebutu, House Of Representatives Member, Rallies Support For Modu-Sheriff – SimonAtebaNews 2 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rural Development, Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu, has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rally round the new Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff for the greater good […]

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal exchanging pleasantries with the visiting CEO of British Council, Sir Ciaron Devane and members of his team during their visit to Sokoto Government House…Wednesday 1 Share Share Tweet Share Share Email The Sokoto state government and the British Council will expand areas of cooperation to education for the mutual benefit of […]

Islamic Movement Of Nigeria (aka Shi’ite Movement) Denies Planning Revenge Attacks – SimonAtebaNews 1 Share Share Tweet Share Share Email Official Statement Our attention has been drawn to a report by some online media sites captioned: Alert: Shiites Threaten Mass Revolt Nationwide. The report insinuated that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria under the leadership of […]

Nigerian stocks ended in a positive today as the All Share Index gained 2.25% to close at 25,396.83, which was a seven-week high. The stock exchange is still buzzing off Dangote Cement’s full-year dividend of N8 per share yesterday. “Some investors were excited by the dividend payout by Dangote Cement and this has boosted interest […]Read More

Undoubtedly Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is an astute businessman who invests in areas of the economy that enjoys tremendous tax holidays. Most Nigerians are oblivious of the fact that tax avoidance is undertaken to take advantage of the loopholes in the tax system without contravening the laws. Dangote Cement Plc, Africa’s largest producer of […]

The Ninth Circuit just overturned a lower district court decision that favored Big Oil, thereby strengthening protections of critical Alaskan polar bear habitat. The decision restores approximately 187,000 square miles of land-sea to protection under the Endangered Species Act and re-designates the area as “critical habitat” for polar bears. 187,000 Sq. Miles of Land and […]

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reviewed a deportation case that implicated the proper interpretation and application of the International Treaty of the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The case is an interesting highlight into the limitations of the CAT. The appeals court found that almost certain knowledge by a state actor who detains […]

The Fish and Wildlife Service did not violate the law when it removed the dunes sagebrush lizard from consideration for endangered species protection, a unanimous D.C. panel ruled on Tuesday. The dunes sagebrush lizard had been up for protection for years, but FWS reversed course and stopped considering endangered species protections in 2012, after Texas […]

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was quick to conclude that a step-father who surreptitiously made video records in his step-daughter’s bathroom activities was guilty of producing a form of child pornography. The court slapped him with harsh penalties, including an order to register as a sex-offender. The crux of the matter turned on the […]

The Tenth Circuit was recently all but forced to backpedal on a position it held in 2015 in which it held the Tax Injunction Act did not bar a sale-info-reporting suit in federal court. Now that the case is back down from SCOTUS, the Tenth Circuit has ruled that the suit had to go on […]

The Supreme Court will not review a controversial California law that allows the state to essentially take unclaimed property after three years, though Justice Samuel Alito did at least warn that the law raised serious constitutional issues that could come before the Court in the future. California’s escheat law has gotten progressively more onerous over time […]

What’s the best attire for court? (Suit or pants suit.) Can you ever wear too much black? (Not really.) Bow tie or regular tie? (Regular tie, of course.) These are important fashion questions, but they’re certainly not what fashion lawyers wonder about. The few, lucky attorneys in the fashion industry are much more likely to […]