Photo: Global Peace Foundation • Ruling party says terrorism fight not military’s alone, HURIWA seeks Gumi’s arrest • NIPR, NIMASA, SPN commiserate with train attack victims Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, has accused the government of turning the state into a graveyard, as it condemned the continuous kidnapping and killing of citizens […]
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The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has threatened to issue warrant against Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio and Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa over alleged non-payment of N2.2 billion contract sum. The duo, the chairman, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, insisted must appear before the […]
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Say lack of inter-disciplinary modules affecting lawyers The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) and President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, have identified obsolete curriculum as one of the biggest challenges confronting the country’s legal education. The Guardian reports that they […]
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• FEC observes minute silence for victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack • Commuters on Kaduna-Abuja route at mercy of dreaded highway with no rail, air transport • Banditry, terrorism question our capacity to govern, governors lament Despite several signs that the Abuja-Kaduna railway was susceptible to bandits attack and amid massive resources in loans and […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that the poor economic situation in Nigeria was frustrating young entrepreneurs. He said the development had made his friend and legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), to weep at a time, knowing what petty traders go through in the country. The ex-leader made the declaration at the Youth Development […]
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By Abdu Rafiu We can have a glimpse of the mystery of woman and her roles from what science seeks to elucidate despite its limitations. Science teaches us that two molecules of hydrogen and one of oxygen unite to give us water in the same way that sodium and chlorine, both splitting of a species, […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is protesting the move to name the second River Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari. The group, in a statement on Monday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said it rejects naming the bridge after Buhari, “because he came to power and completely sidelined its people.” The […]
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Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday exposed alleged plans by President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, to alter the Electoral Act. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, the party threatened to mobilise its supporters and Nigerians generally on popular protests against any attempt to […]
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Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced four people to death by hanging for killing Mr Esther Edomobi at her residence in Cocaine Estate, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area. The convicts, Zakariah Dauda, Inah-inah Edet, Sunday Pius, and Isaac Marcus, have been standing trial since 2008 for conspiracy, armed robbery and murder. Zakariah, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate requesting the confirmation of Dr. Hale Gabriel Longpet as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) representing Plateau State in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said the request was in line with Section 154 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). In another correspondence, the President also asked the […]
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