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LP Crisis: Police Take Over Secretariat, Factional NWC Appoints Acting Chairman

The crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Thursday as seven members of the National Working Committee of the Party, announced the National Vice-Chairman (South), Lamidi Bashir Apapa, as the acting chairman of the party, replacing the suspended chairman, Julius Abure. As of…

06/04/2023

Leaked Audio Conversation with Oyedepo Fake, Doctored — Obi

The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said the leaked audio of a conversation allegedly between him and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, is fake. The audio purportedly had Obi…

06/04/2023

Full Text: Obasanjo Writes UK Court, Pleads for Ekweremadu

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the United Kingdom court that found former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. In the letter addressed to the Chief Clerk, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, in London,…

05/04/2023

Easter: FG Declares Friday, Monday Public Holiday

The Federal Government has declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April 2023 as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore,…

05/04/2023

FRSC, NBA Partner To Get Justice For Road Crash Victims

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is collaborating with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to ensure compensation for road crash victims and prosecution of drivers and their employers whose activities on the road lead to the injury of road users. In a statement…

05/04/2023

Trump Turns Himself In To Face Historic Criminal Charges

Donald Trump turned himself in Tuesday for a historic New York court hearing held amid tight security and a global media frenzy, as the Republican billionaire becomes the first American president in history to face criminal charges. In a spectacle playing out on…

04/04/2023

Military Vows Crackdown on Security Threats Ahead of Handover

Ahead of the May 29 handover, the Defence Headquarters on Monday vowed to resist anything that would truncate democracy. The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, stated this in an interview with press in Abuja, just as the Chief of Army…

04/04/2023

Falana: President Can’t Withhold Assent to Constitution Alteration Bills

A fortnight after President Muhammadu Buhari withheld assent to 16 of the 35 Constitution Alteration Bills, a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, said the decision by the president to withhold assent on some of the alteration bills to the…

03/04/2023

Onah Etukwu, SAN Dies in Ghastly Car Crash in Abuja

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Etukwu Onah, SAN, is dead. According to report, he died on Saturday, 1st April, 2023 in a ghastly motor accident along Kubwa Road, Abuaja. Mr. Etukwu died five months after becoming the first Senior Advocate of Nigeria of Igede…

03/04/2023

NBA Calls For Sanction For Police Officers Behind Rivers Lawyers’ Arrest

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of three lawyers who were working on a petition for the All Progressives Congress in the Rivers state Governorship election. In a statement issued by the association’s National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb, the NBA…

02/04/2023

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