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The Second Circuit recently decided to stand with the D.C. Circuit in ruling that the National Security Conference was outside of the reach of FOIA. This means one thing: documents relating to drone strikes and other national security issues are that much more obscured from view. NSC Is Not an “Independent Agency” Main Street, an […]

Lawyers often give off the impression of being flawless. But lawyers are people too, and people make silly mistakes — even reckless ones. One really big mistake can even jeopardize your license or cause you to be sued. Keep an eye out for some of the most common reasons lawyers find themselves on the wrong […]

Federal district judge William Orrick trimmed a civil rights lawsuit down to size by dismissing charges against several defendants with prejudice. But the judge let stand claims against two Sonoma County Sheriff’s officers for some rather egregious conduct. So what got them in trouble? The suit involves complaints of an officer jumping out of a […]

The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed several criminal counts in a child pornography that centered around reasonable expectation of privacy to a peer-to-peer network. Although the defendant attempted to defend himself pro se, his “several garbled motions” on sovereign citizen theory were not enough to convince the court that he enjoyed a […]

Nigerian Stocks finished on a positive note on Thursday, as the All Share Index (ASI) rose by 1.14% to close at 23,598.85. ASI: 23,598.85 DEALS:2,794 VOLUME: 273,064,602 VALUE: 2,006,837,357.08 CAP: 8,116,086,059,260.12 Here are the top 5 gainers for the day ACCESS opened at N3.80 and closed at N4.15 gaining 9.21% TIGERBRANDS opened at N1.18 and […]Read More

Seven Up Bottling Co Plc, released its financial results for the nine months ended Dec 31, 2015. The result showed that revenues rose marginally by 0.66% from N59 billion in 2014 to N60 billion in 2015. The company also reduced its operating expenses by 15%, from N15 billion in 2014 to N12 billion in 2015. […]

The spokesman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, political associates said on the social media on Thursday. Metuh was released after a judge on Wednesday simplified his bail conditions. On Thursday, more witnesses were presented by the EFCC before Justice Okon […]

Avon Crowncaps and Containers Nig. Plc, released its financial results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2015. The results showed that revenue rose by 20 percent from N3.1 billion in 2014 to N3.8 billion in 2015. The distribution and other expenses by 22% from N258 million in 2014, to N314 million in 2015. Profit before […]

The Federal Government expects the N50 stamp duty on bank customers to bring in N66.1 billion in revenues this year. This was disclosed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, during the Monetary Policy Meeting yesterday in Abuja, stating that the government is exploring opportunities to boost the revenue base of the […]

A senior official of General Electric, Jay Ireland, recently remarked that Nigeria’s current economic woes, including lower prices for oil that produces 80% of government revenue and a related slump in the naira, are positives for investors. Ireland, who is in charge of the U.S. multinational’s Africa operations gave more insight on why there ought […]Read More

President Buhari who is visiting in Kenya last night once again reiterated his opposition to a devaluation of the Naira. This time around he not only dared supporters of a devaluation to convince why he should devalue, he went after BDC operators throwing his support behind the need to exclude them from the official CBN […]

U.S. Shootings Since 1963 Have Killed More Americans Than All Wars Ever Well, this is depressing.  01/27/2016 05:12 pm ET   Sebastian MurdockReporter, The Huffington Post Here’s the shocking claim: Since President John F. Kennedy was shot down in late 1963, more Americans have been killed by gunfire in this country than died in all […]Read More