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False Alarm: Lady Sentenced To 12 Months Psychiatric Care Over Fake Kidnap Tweet

AN ABUJA Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted Amira Sufyanu bail and ordered her to undergo psychiatric treatment for 12 months. Amira, known as Ameerah on Twitter, pleaded guilty when she was arraigned by the police for raising a false kidnap alarm. She was…

29/06/2022

Court Stops Impeachment Process Against Oyo Deputy Governor

An Ibadan High Court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola, on Wednesday, ordered that the impeachment process against the Oyo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Rauf Olaniyan, be put on hold. According to the court, the status-quo must be maintained pending the hearing…

29/06/2022

Alleged Organ Trafficking: FG Hires Lawyers To Defend Ekweremadu, Senators to Visit Him

The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting. The Senate President Ahmad Lawan who disclosed this…

29/06/2022

Increase Crude Production, Forex Will End Fuel Scarcity — NNPC

The only way to tackle the rising price of diesel and cooking gas in Nigeria is to increase the production of crude oil in the country. Group managing director of the Nigeria Nation Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd Mele Kyari said this when he…

29/06/2022

‘Awa Lo Kan’ — Fresh Headache For PDP, Atiku As Fayose Demands Power Shift To South

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose is obviously not on the same page with his party, the Peoples Democratic Party on the 2023 presidency. The opposition party presents a northerner and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate…

29/06/2022

2023: It’s An Insult For Atiku To Send Emissaries To Wike — Ortom

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that it was an insult for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to send emissaries to the Rivers State governor and runner-up in the party’s presidential primary election, Nyesom Wike,…

29/06/2022

Ex-CJN, Muhammad To Get N2.5bn Benefits

The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, is expected to get a N2.5bn severance package from the Federal Government. Muhammad’s resignation on health grounds was announced on Monday, less than a week after the 14 Supreme Court Justices accused him of…

29/06/2022

Judges Warned Against Frivolous Injunctions

Judges have been warned against granting frivolous injunctions as the general elections approach. Speakers at a two-day workshop on capacity building for judges on pre-election and election matters urged judges to be wary of the antics of desperate politicians. It was organised by the…

29/06/2022

Who Am I Voting For?

BEING THE KEYNOTE LECTURE DELIVERED BY H.E BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA SAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE 6TH ANNUAL BRF GABFEST ON TUESDAY 28TH JUNE 2022 I welcome old and new participants to our 6th edition of the Gabfest. There are many other things…

29/06/2022

‘All NBA Branch Executive Elections Must Hold In June’ — NBA President, Akpata Declares

In a statement made available to The Lawyer, Akpata noted, with deep concern, the controversies brewing in some Branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over the issue of the tenure of office of the Branch Executive Committee members. According to him,…

29/06/2022

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