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Lagos to Set Up Tertiary Education Trust Fund

The Lagos State Government will establish the State Tertiary Education Trust Fund to create a financial model that will sustain its universities, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Thursday. He spoke when the Visitation Panel to the Lagos State University (LASU) presented its report…

01/09/2022

Yoruba Made No Pact Against Akpata – Egbe Amofin Oodua Chairman

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Chairman of the Yoruba Leaders Forum (Egbe Amofin Oodua), Isiaka Olagunju, has said that the Yoruba cannot abandon the Nigerian Bar Association. Olagunju said this while reacting to comments by Niyi Akintola, SAN, on the unruly actions…

01/09/2022

Lagos Records 4,860 Domestic Violence Cases in One Year

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) recorded 4,860 cases of domestic violence, involving children and adults, in the last one year, it has been learnt. Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Moyosore Onigbanjo stated this yesterday when he addressed a news conference…

01/09/2022

Ex-Generals Are Threatening Me With CIA — Wike

Governor Nyelsom Wike of Rivers State on Wednesday accused some unnamed retired generals of threatening him with the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, if he failed to do their biddings. Governor, Wike, who neither named the ex-generals nor the demands they made on him,…

01/09/2022

Parking Fees Constitutional – Lagos State Government

The Lagos State Government has said the Lagos State Parking Authority has been empowered by law in respect of the collection of parking fees by the state government. LASPA had, in a letter addressed to a firm, stated that it had charged the…

31/08/2022

We Must Confront National Issues Fearlessly – Y.C Maikyau

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called its members to confront issues that have assailed the profession and nation such as, bad governance, insecurity, impunity and corruption. The call was made by the NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, at the inauguration of 2022-2024 national executive…

31/08/2022

Get Valuation of Your Properties – Falana To Maroko Evictees

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to Maroko evictees, Mr. Femi Falana has told the embittered clients that were resettled in Ikota-Low Cost Housing Estate, along Lagos Epe Expressway to go and value their properties for adequate compensation after the…

31/08/2022

Appeal Court Nullifies Igboho’s N20bn Judgement Against DSS

The Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the judgment which declared the attack on the house of Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho illegal. The court also nullified the N20 billion exemplary and aggravated damages awarded…

30/08/2022

Stolen Crude Oil Found In Churches, Mosques – Mele Kyari

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has accused government officials, religious leaders, security agencies and even some staff of the nation’s crude oil theft. Speaking during the 49th session of the weekly ministerial briefly at the State House in Abuja, NNPC Group…

30/08/2022

Why We Lost Many Court Cases On Arrested Vessels – Naval Chief

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, has explained that the Nigerian Navy lost many court cases on arrested vessels due to a number of factors predominately because it does not have the constitutional powers to prosecute maritime suspects. Gambo,…

30/08/2022

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