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How FG’s Budgetary Allocations Promote Corruption — Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the Federal Government, inadvertently, promotes corruption whenever it allows paltry sums of money, in its yearly budget for a project, instead of the entire money required to complete such projects within the agreed time.…

12/12/2021

2023: Don’t Direct Yoruba To Support Any Aspirant, Obasanjo Advises Ooni Of Ife

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, not to direct the Yoruba people to support any aspirant in the 2023 general election. The former president asked the monarch not to allow Yoruba politicians to “add to your…

12/12/2021

FG Pays ASUU N52.5bn Revitalisation Fund, Earned Allowance

The federal government has stated that it has paid lecturers N30 billion Revitalisation Fund and N22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, stressing that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the university workers. The…

12/12/2021

Defective Military Operations In Zamfara Made Sokoto Vulnerable To Attacks — Tambuwal

Sokoto State Governor, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal has accused the military of making the state “very vulnerable” to the activities of bandits flushed out from Zamfara State. No fewer than 23 travellers were burnt to death last Monday when some bandits opened fire on…

12/12/2021

Why Abuse Of Human Rights Has Continued Unabated In Nigeria

No doubt, Nigeria has ratified and enacted a few human rights treaties of the United Nations. Apart from the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which was domesticated in 1983, the Federal Government has merely ratified other conventions of the African…

12/12/2021

Sule Nominates 28-Year-Old Female Lawyer, Hannah Bala, 14 Others As Commissioners

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has nominated a 28-year-old Abimiku Hanatu Bala, a lawyer from Lafia Local Government Area as a commissioner-nominee in Nasarawa State. Hannah graduated from the Nasarawa State University Keffi in 2016 and proceeded to the Nigerian law school where…

12/12/2021

SAN Application Process Goes Digital, As LPPC Partners LawPavilion

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, CFR, on Wednesday, swore in 72 legal practitioners recently elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). During the swearing in of the new SANs, the Honourable CJN disclosed that the LPPC…

12/12/2021

Court Summons Army Over Alleged Property Invasion In Lagos

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian Army to appear before it over alleged illegal invasion of certain property on Anna Mbachu Street, Oke Arin Village, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. Justice Peter Lifu made the order…

12/12/2021

Buhari Reappoints Prof. Isa Chiroma As Director General Of Nigeria Law School

The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma SAN has been reappointed for another term of four years by President Muhammadu Buhari. Announcing the appointment at the quarterly extraordinary meeting of the Council of Legal Education held last virtually last…

12/12/2021

Ex-Lawmaker, Hon. Sharon Aondona Daboh Allegedly Beats Husband To Pulp

A former lawmaker who represented the Jechira Federal Constituency in Benue State between 2003 and 2007 has allegedly beaten her husband to a pulp, leaving him with serious injuries and extreme anguish. Hon. Sharon Aondona Daboh allegedly attacked her husband in the…

12/12/2021

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