The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the comments made by Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Nasir El-Rufai against the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) as irresponsible, unbecoming and capable of undermining the country’s public institutions.
The congress expressed grave concerns about El-Rufai’s…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the murder of the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nnaemeka Ugboma Esq.
The development was confirmed in a statement made available to press on the early hours of…
Lawyers in Imo State have said that they will on Monday begin a three-day boycott following the killing of the magistrate in charge of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of the state.
Gunmen had on Thursday invaded the court…
The NBA President has condemned comments by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai against the Nigerian judiciary.
Governor El-Rufai was on Wednesday quoted as describing Nigeria’s judicial system as a pathetic system that sides more with crooks than the innocent.
Mr Elrufai…
A policeman, Inspector Sunday Akagu, on Thursday, told a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, how Assistant Superintendent of Police Drambi Vandi, the suspected killer of a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, asked him for a bullet…
The Head of National Central Bureau (NCB) INTERPOL, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Garba Baba Umar, yesterday revealed that the government of United Kingdom (UK) turned down the request of the international police organisation to repatriate former Minister of Petroleum Resources,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to begin the payment of the new naira notes to customers over the counter.
This is according to a Thursday statement signed by the Bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Osita Nwanisobi. He said it is…
A prosecution witness, Assistant Superintendent of Police Olorunshola Segun, on Wednesday, narrated how he disarmed ASP Drambi Vandi, the alleged killer of a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day.
Segun, who testified before a Lagos State High Court sitting at the…
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, said yesterday it would deploy the instrumentality of the law to ensure that no ex-convict was allowed to contest the forthcoming presidential election.
NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, noted that though some…
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has bowed to the demand of the House of Representatives for a gradual phase-out of the old naira notes.
Its Governor Godwin Emiefele, who appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc Committee, said Nigerians won’t lose the…