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The Kogi State Town Planning Board has reportedly ordered that work on Senator Dino Melaye’s constituency office at Kabba, Kogi State should stop forthwith. Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ijumu Local Government Area, Mr Gbenga Bright made this claim in a statement issued during the weekend. He alleged that there was “desperate […]

Since I read the article by Sammy Etuk, I have pondered the rhetorical question and I have come to the conclusion that our duty as lawyers is to find answers to questions posed by well meaning colleagues, and in attempting to do so, X-ray the obvious answers and the not so obvious, interrogate the historical […]

In an interview granted Channels Television recently, El Rufai in his usual manner sounded rash, brash, saucy, arrogant, insolent and illogical while answering questions on the groundswell of agitations for a restructured Nigeria that has gained currency in our polity recently. He went on to arrogate to himself possession of the alpha-knowledge of the true […]

Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, billionaire kidnapper popularly known as Evans, says he has no hand in suits filed against the police to secure his release. In an interview with Channels TV on Sunday, Evans said he did not liaise with any lawyer or any party to file the suit on his behalf. Evans had on June 28 […]

* After Angela Merkel claimed marriage should be ‘between a man and a woman’ It was the best news of last week: Germany finally followed its European neighbors by voting in favor of same-sex marriage equality on Friday morning. The snap vote showed 393 MPs voted in favor, while seven abstained or were absent. Meanwhile, […]

MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) appear not to be on the same page over the agitation for the restructuring of the federation. An indication emerged at the weekend as the national vice-chairman of the party, South-South zone, Hillary Eta declared that the agitation must be given urgent priority in […]

The Senate has called on the Federal Government to reconsider the report of the Stephen Oronsaye committee which recommended the merger and scrapping of some government agencies. Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekun disclosed this in an interview while giving insights to the investigation of the Senate into the misuse of Internally Generated Revenue by agencies of […]

Concerned Ijaw Youths yesterday sent a protest letter to the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo over alleged Federal Government breach of the Peace accord reached with the people of the Niger Delta region over stop to attacks of nation’s oil facility and the release of high profile suspects arrested from the region. ‎The concerned Ijaw […]

The successful candidates who recently sat for April 22nd to 28th 2017 Bar final examination are requested to collect their invitation cards for July 2017 Call To the Bar from July 12,2017 at the Students Affairs Office. Time: From 9am to 4pm Signed Management.

Enugu State Police Command on Friday re-arraigned one Mrs. Stella Achalla, the principal secretary to Dr. Jojo Onwukwe, Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu. Achalla was earlier docked before an Enugu East Chief Magistrate Court on charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretence. The secretary and her alleged accomplice, Mrs. Stella Egotanwa were arraigned […]

The prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has over the last two years come under attack from within and outside the legal profession. While the political class try desperately to drag our learned silks into their acrimonious diatribe, some members of the noble legal profession have joined in this act. I recently read […]

The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla’s nephew, Jude Iroh Junior has been shot dead in a cult war between the Supreme Vikings Confraternity and the Black Axe Confraternity in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State on Thursday. According to CrossRiverWatch, Jude suspected to be a member […]