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You don’t have such powers, Irabor faults Matawalle on arms bearing

June 28, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Photo; Twitter/ZamfaraState I can’t issue gun licenses to Zamfara residents, CP says Lawyers, Northern group kick against governor’s call Catholic Communicators, Southern, Middle belt leaders decry worsening insecurity, church attacks Over 20,000 flee Katsina communities over insecurity Aareonakakanfo backs Matawalle’s directives, urges other governors to follow suit Again, the thorny issue of federalism was put […]

Court rejects Kanu’s request for bail, revocation of arrest warrant

June 28, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application filed by Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for bail and the revocation of the arrest warrant issued against him when he ceased to attend court. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Binta Nyako described the application, filed by Kanu’s lawyers, led […]

Amid rift, Muhammad bows out, Ariwoola becomes CJN

June 28, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

• Buhari swears in Ariwoola as Ag. CJN, confers GCON on Muhammad • Warns judiciary against losing the confidence of Nigerians • I will not fail Nigerians, Ariwoola assures • Access to Justice hails CJN’s resignation • NBA links CJN’s resignation to rumbling in Supreme Court • Resignation not enough, EFCC should arrest him –HURIWA […]

Buhari swears Ariwoola in as Acting CJN

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The New Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola during his swearing-in at the State House, Abuja… on Monday, June 27, 2022; Photos by Sunday Aghaeze L-R: President Muhammadu Buhari; Justices Ariwoola; Musa Dattijo; Okoro; and Amina Augie at the occasion

Before Muhammad resigned as Chief Justice of Nigeria

June 27, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Shortly before he resigned reportedly on health ground as the highest officer of state in the nation manning the Temple of Justice as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad had responded to the leaked protest letter by his colleagues on the Supreme Court bench in a statement on Tuesday. In the […]

Buhari confers GCON national award on ex-CJN, Muhammad

June 27, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday conferred on the immediate past Chief Justices of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger, GCON, which is second to the highest honour in the country. The conferment took place at the swearing-in of the Acting CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, at the Presidential Villa, […]

Buhari swears in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as CJN

June 27, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola taking oath of office as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)… Photo: Channels Television President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Ariwoola of the Supreme Court on Monday took the oath of office as the acting CJN. Buhari administered the oath […]

Hunters shoot kidnappers, rescue two victims in Kogi

June 27, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Men of Professional Hunters and Local Hunters in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State have shot dead two suspected kidnappers while two victims were rescued in an early morning operation on Sunday. A statement issued Monday morning by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity of the Okehi LGA, King Habeeb, stated that the operation, […]

Tinubu off to France for meetings

June 27, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu traveled out of the country in the early hours of Monday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. He is off to Paris, France to hold some important meetings. The APC standard bearer is expected back in the country shortly. […]

Of the innumerable connections that mold man

June 27, 2022June 28, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Banji Ayoola Innumerable are the connections, relationships, circumstances and experiences that help to shape, mold, polish, refine, mature and develop man throughout his journey on earth. Right from birth and through his childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age till death, man is lovingly guided; he freely walks into connections or relationships that afford him […]