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Court Upturns Demotion Of Associate Professor Of FUO, Awards N5m Damages

The National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has upturned the decision by the authorities of the Federal University, Otuoke, to demote an associate Professor in Modern Sciences, Dr. Timothy Falade-Obalade Adedapo to a Senior Lecturer of the Institution, declaring…

15/12/2021

Court Voids Sale Of Lagos Property By Monarch’s Wife

The High Court of Lagos State has set aside the sale of a property on 59, Olonade Street, Yaba, by the wife of the Alake of Egbaland, Olori Tokunbo Gbadebo. Justice Justice A.M. Nicol-Clay agreed with submissions of the plaintiffs’ counsel, George M.…

15/12/2021

National Assembly Won’t Fight Buhari Over Electoral Bill — Senate Spokesman

Senate spokesman Ajibola Basiru has said the National Assembly will take the best decision for Nigerians, irrespective of President Muhammadu Buhari’s disposition towards the Electoral Bill. On November 19, the National Assembly transmitted the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to the President for assent. According…

15/12/2021

New Abuja Infrastructure Devt Project To Gulp N117bn

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), in collaboration with GCL (SPV) and Metro Capital Advisory Group yesterday flagged off the Gwagwa District Infrastructure Development Project estimated to cost N117 billion. The new district is being funded by the private sector as investment in…

15/12/2021

Controversy Trails Akande’s Account Of Osinbajo’s Emergence As VP

The account of how Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), was chosen in 2015 contained in the new book by the pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, appears to have elicited a raft of narratives within the ruling…

15/12/2021

‘Soyinka Told Me To Prepare For War On My Autobiography’ — Akande

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka foretold the controversies being generated by ‘My Participation’, the autobiography of ex-Osun State Governor Chief Bisi Akande. Akande, in his preface to the book, narrated how he met Soyinka in Glendale, California and he told him: “With that…

15/12/2021

News Of Nullification Of Marriages Conducted Under Ikoyi Marriage Registry Is False And Misleading — Ministry Of Interior Reacts

The Federal Ministry of Interior has reacted to the news making the rounds that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has declared that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages, declaring as illegal and invalid, for example, all…

14/12/2021

Lawyers Employed By INEC Contribute To Electoral Injustice — J.S. Okutepa, SAN Replies Jega

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, J.S Okutepa, has criticized the electoral system in Nigeria. Reacting to a statement credited to the former INEC Boss Prof. Attahiru Jega, Okutepa, SAN noted that Nigeria’s electoral umpire has never done anything different nor it is…

14/12/2021

Why I Don’t Regret Accepting To Be Fayemi’s Commissioner — Ekiti AG, Fapohunda

The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Olawale Fapohunda, SAN, has revealed that he never wanted to accept the offer to become Fayemi’s commissioner and also explained why he eventually accepted. He made this revelation on Sunday while giving his goodwill…

14/12/2021

Lagos High Courts Begin Christmas Vacation Dec. 24

The High Courts in Lagos will be on 2021 Christmas vacation from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3. The Courts will resume sittings on Jan. 4, 2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is according to a notice released on Tuesday, signed…

14/12/2021

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