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Out of 109 lawyers who applied for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) only 17 got awarded with the title by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja. Announcing the award, Sunday Olorundahunsi,  Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, said that the committee found the awardees worthy for […]

The seven-man panel investigating the Adamawa House of Assembly allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Murtala Nyako and his Deputy, Bala Ngilari, has commenced sitting in Yola on Friday. The venue of the sitting is the Federal Secretariat conference room. Speaking to journalists at the venue of the sitting before commencement of the sitting on […]

There would be further significant improvements on the successes achieved in the 2011 general elections during the forthcoming general elections in 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised. Professor Attahiru Jega, the INEC chairman gave the assurance on Friday while speaking at the International Seminar on Political Advertising, Perception Building and Voter Education […]

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has hired Burson-Marsteller, a London based Public Relations and Public Affairs firm for an annual fee of $1.2 Million, approximately N200 Million. This is coming only a few weeks after the party dished out strong criticism against the Federal Government for allegedly hiring a foreign Public Relations firm. Political analysts […]

…Says There Is No Missing Fund The Senate on Thursday rejected the recommendation of its Committee on Finance, which advised the Federal Government to remove the subsidy on petroleum products because of the alleged misapplication of the billions of dollars voted annually for it. They also confirmed that there was no $49.8bn missing in the […]

The United Nations (UN) has announced that it has taken up a new strategy that would help Nigeria in combating terrorism that is fast tearing the country apart. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, made the announcement at the opening of the 45th ordinary session of […]

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has said that events unfolding after the 21st June governorship election in the state suggests that the election was manipulated from ‘source.’ In due course, she said that the full story of how the elections were allegedly against the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, would be revealed. The […]

We wish to state unequivocally that our objectives were and remain to engage constituted authority in Nigeria and our security agencies as allowed by our Constitution. We are simply engaged in civic action that is constructively seeking pathways towards achieving what we consider to be the collective objective of bringing back our girls. For over […]

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has directed its members across Nigeria to shut down all courts in the country with exception of Federal courts beginning on Friday, for failure to implement the Judgment of Federal High Court on the financial autonomy of the state judiciaries. In a communiqué issued at the end of […]

Nigeria, Wednesday evening lost a fearless and fiery human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu. Aturu died at 49 following a brief illness, according to his bosom friend, Olarenwaju Suraju. He died in Lagos. Aturu was popular for his criticism of government’s policies especially where such policies do not meet the expectations of the people.

Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano State who recently left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been sworn-in by President Goodluck Jonathan as the new Minister of Education. Shekarau was among the four nominees presented by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly for confirmation last week. Others sworn […]

The Police authority has said its men, attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Force CID Annex, Lagos engaged in a very discreet, sustained and painstaking investigation and that this paid off, helping them capture a deadly armed robbery gang in the state. They arrested key members of the gang, recovering weapons, 17 exotic […]