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$1bn Natural Gas Sold To Portugal In 2022, Says NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday said it had sold over $1bn worth of natural gas to Portugal this year. It disclosed this during the Nigeria-Portugal Business and Trade Forum, which held on the sidelines of the state visit to Portugal…

01/07/2022

Oronsaye Report: FG Inaugurates White Paper Committee To Review Agencies Created Since 2014

The Federal Government has inaugurated a White Paper committee to review parastatals, agencies, commissions created since 2014. The government had in November 2021, inaugurated two sub-committees on the implementation of the whitepaper on the restructuring of ministries, departments and agencies to reduce…

01/07/2022

Army Admits Casualties In Niger, Denies Attack On Power Plant

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that “a number of personnel paid the supreme price when troops ran into an ambush in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. It however said there was no attack on any critical national infrastructure as reported…

01/07/2022

Terrorist Attack On Shiroro Mining Site, Direct Affront On Nigeria — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, vowed that the terrorists behind the Ajata-Aboki massacre, in Shiroro council area of Niger State, will not go unpunished. Recall that terrorists attacked a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Shiroro council area of Niger State on Wednesday, killing not…

01/07/2022

FCTA Begins Demolition Of Houses On Waterways

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the demolition of over 100 buildings constructed on waterways at Dutse Makaranta, a suburb in Bwari Area Council. The Senior Special Assistant to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement…

01/07/2022

Falana: Courts are Usurping INEC’s Powers, Electorate’s Mandate

Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, says Nigerian courts have abandoned their primary responsibility of ensuring compliance with the Electoral Act and other relevant legislations pertaining to general elections. Falana said the courts were now usurping the powers of…

01/07/2022

Pan African Lawyers Union Elect NBA General Secretary, Joyce Oduah As Vice President

The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) has elected the General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joyce Oduah as the Vice President of the continental body of lawyers. PALU is the premier Continental Lawyers membership forum of and for individual African Lawyers…

01/07/2022

‘It Is Time To Identify Roadblocks Against The Advancement Of Our Nation’ — J-K Gadzama SAN

On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, the NBA, Eket branch held the opening ceremony of its law week with the theme, “Nigerian State and the Crisis of Governance: What Hope for 2023 and Beyond” at Royalty Hotels & Recreation, Eket, Akwa Ibom State.…

01/07/2022

AFBA Condemns Massacre of African Migrants in Morocco

The African Bar Association (AfBA) has condemned in strong terms the gruesome killing of dozens of African migrants trying to cross from Morocco to Spain, through Melilla, a Spanish island. The body noted that Melilla and Ceuta are the European Union’s only land…

01/07/2022

‘Attempts By Body Of Benchers To Hoodwink The NBA And Surreptitiously Take Control Of The Bar Will Lead To Anarchy And Chaos’ — Jonathan Taidi

A Former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association and Presidential Candidate in the forthcoming NBA General Elections, Jonathan Gunu Taidi has lashed out against attempts by purportedly sponsored by the Body of Benchers to amend the Legal Practitioners Act and strip…

01/07/2022

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