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Ugodre was on BTVA media last week discussing Nigeria’s Budget and plan to borrow $3.5 billion World Bank and ADB Loan. In an exciting analysis with Tunji Andrews and Dolapo Oni, they spoke about the effect of the fall in oil prices on the 2016 budget as well as other options the government may have […]

Most of the EU member state-countries have already signed on to ratify the Unified Patent Court agreement and only a few more states are left before this thing becomes reality. Rumor has it that Germany and the UK are already inking up and the UPC will be up and running by 2017. A Unified Patent […]

When you’re a corporate behemoth trying to look hip, you bring Pharrell to your corporate campus, as Apple did last April. When you’re trying to look all-American, you bring in Clint Eastwood, as the GOP did for Mitt Romney’s nomination. And when you’re a data nerd, you bring in Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight and […]Read More

According to data by Glassdoor, 3 out of 5 employees rate the employer’s perks as being a top consideration before accepting a job. So why should lawyers be any different? Law firms aren’t really known for being overly generous or creative with their perks. Maybe it’s time that law firms start trying to keep up […]Read More

U.S. Senator from Texas and current presidential hopeful, Ted Cruz, was born in Canada. Normally, that wouldn’t matter much. Cruz’s Canadian roots haven’t made him politer, more boring, or any better at hockey. But, those roots might make it harder for him to become president, for the U.S. Constitution reserves the role of commander in […]Read More

Justice Hussaini Baba Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed Sambo Dasuki’s application seeking to hold the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in contempt because he was rearrested on December 29, 2015, by the Department of State Service (DSS) after perfecting his bail conditions. Dasuki had argued that by being re-arrested by the […]Read More

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, pledged on Monday that the National Assembly would act to ensure that the electricity tariff hike is resolved in the interest of the people. Addressing the rally comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other electricity consumers who besieged […]

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday dismissed two applications seeking to stop the prosecution of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed six-storey building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Ikotun area of Lagos. The collapse of the building, which occurred on September 12, 2014, led to the death of […]

Share Tweet Share Email Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday expressed sadness over the death of the wife of the first Military Governor of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Brigader Mobolaji Johnson (rtd). Funmi Johnson, died on Saturday at the age of 76 after a brief illness. The Governor in a condolence message signed by […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday issued a fresh order for the arrest of Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo. Justice Ibrahim Buba issued the arrest warrant at the resumption of the case involving Tompolo and a former director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA,  Mr. Patrick   Akpobolokemi and […]

When the Nigerian army announced on Sunday that the last battleground against Boko Haram is the Sambisa forest, it appeared to many as if the battle against insurgency had almost been won and could end within days. But with a landmass of 60, 000 square kilometres, the Sambisa forest, Boko Haram’s hideout, is 18 times […]

The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that the ministry has completed a review of its mining licenses and will publish the results next week, adding that does who did not comply faced having their licenses revoked. Fayemi, had last year said that in its bid to diversify the economy, the Federal […]