Akeredolu presents 20 new jeeps to judges

Ondo State Chief Judge, Justice Olutoyin Akeredolu, has described the harmonious relationship between the state’s executive and judicial arms  of government as rare and beneficial to the state. She disclosed this in Akure, the Ondo state capital while receiving 20 new Toyota SUV bought for the state High Court Judges by the state government. She […]

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Akeredolu, Tinubu, Oyetola eulogise Fasanmi at 94

Afenifere factional leader, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, has been described as a truthful and consistent icon who is committed to national development. Chairman of South West APC Governors Forom and Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN; National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former Interim National chairman of APC, Chief Bisi […]

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Sowore: DSS blocks two attempts by court bailiff to re-serve court order

The Department of State Service twice on Friday blocked a bailiff of the Federal High Court in Abuja from effecting a fresh service of the court order for the release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest Omowole Sowore. It was learnt that the bailiff first arrived the DSS headquarters in Abuja, where he (Sowore) had […]

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Doctor banned for life for cutting off patient’s kidneys

The name of a medical doctor with Jimeta Clinic and Maternity, Adamawa State, Yakubu Koji, has been struck out of the register of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for cutting the kidneys of a patient named Isa Hamma, who is now late. A tribunal set up by the council, sitting in Abuja on […]

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Labour asks FG to implement N30, 000 new minimum wage for all workers

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently conclude discussion on the new minimum wage and commence implementation across board. The TUC Chairman, Lagos State Chapter, Mr Gbenga Ekundayo, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Ekundayo said that the […]

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UNCTAD warns of global recession next year over rising debts, trade tensions

Global economy is heading into troubled waters, with recession in 2020 now a clear and present danger, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD’s) Trade and Development Report 2019 released yesterday. According to UNCTAD, warning lights are flashing around trade tensions, currency movements, corporate debt, a no-deal Brexit and inverted yield curves […]

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No crack in presidency – APC, governors

PDP distances self from Osinbajo’s travailsThe ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reported crack in the presidency as believed in some quarters. Also, the governors on the platform of the party said there was no iota of truth in the insinuation that “cabals” in the presidency had perfected plans to slam corruption charges against […]

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UK court grants Nigeria stay of execution over $9.6b judgment debt

• Ties reprieve to $200m payment within 60 days• P&ID lauds legal window before assets seizure• How nation lost $157.5b to illicit financial flows, by Buhari The Federal Government has achieved a major boost in its effort to upturn the $9.6 billion judgment in favour of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) as a UK court […]

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Sowore wants DSS boss jailed for flouting release order

Convener of #RevolutionNow protest and former presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, commenced a contempt suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, for allegedly disobeying the order granting him bail. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday granted bail to Sowore, who has […]

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Court threatens to imprison DSS boss over Sowore’s detention

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday threatened to send the director of Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) Yusuf Bichi to prison for refusing to release Sahara Reporters publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore despite a court order. “Take notice, that unless you obey the direction…to release the applicant in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/915/2019, forthwith you will be […]

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