Anti-graft stakeholders working to combat economic and financial crimes in Nigeria have called for robust, globally acceptable legislation to tackle the issue of unexplained wealth. This call came out of a communiqué issued on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the end of the 5th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) National Judicial Institute (NJI) Capacity […]
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Vice President Kashim Shettima (left); Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman; recipient, Overall Best Teacher, Public School, Adeyemi Omolade Elizabeth and President of Nigeria Union of Teachers, Titus Amba during the 2023 World Teachers’ Day celebration at the Eagle’s Square, Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua • Abiodun employs 3,000, presents houses, cash to teachers, schools • […]
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Okorie Founding National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chekwas Okorie, spoke with Lawrence Njoku, on state of the country and the urgent task before President Bola Tinubu, to salvage Nigeria from the precipice. Is Nigeria of today the reason for the struggle for independence 63 years ago? For some of us who were […]
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar (left); member, PDP Board of Trustees/former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi; former PDP Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus and Senator Ben Obi during a World Press Conference in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko • Five discrepancies we discovered in CSU documents – Atiku’s lawyer • We […]
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Ondo State House of Assembly has filed as appeal against the order of Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division which restrained the House from impeaching the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedetiwa. The appeal was contained in a notice at the Federal High Court, Abuja issued by the Speaker of the […]
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Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Thursday that reforms were underway to simplify the passport application process with the possibility of Nigerians being able to begin submitting online applications as early as December. Speaking to Channel Television in an interview, he stated that one of the reforms the ministry is implementing in passport management […]
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Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN, has written a letter to the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, asking him to obey the court order on the impeachment process. This development came after the House on Tuesday directed the chief judge to set up a panel to investigate the allegation […]
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Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, on Thursday, declared his intention to contest the Edo 2024 governorship election. Akpata, who declared his intention on the platform of the Labour Party, said he decided to adopt the LP because it is the only people-oriented party. He said that he was motivated by […]
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, said on Thursday at a crowded world press conference in Abuja, that the soul of late legal icon, Gani Fawehinmi, could now rest in peace following the discovery of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Chicago State University (CSU) records. Atiku recalled […]
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Elder Statesman and legal icon, Afe Babalola, on Thursday, said if there was anything called life after life, his prayer would be to return to life as a farmer. The 94-Year old Babalola, who is the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), expressed this view at the opening ceremony of the 2023 annual edition […]
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