Some lawyers in Lagos, on Wednesday described Chief Richard Akinjide’s passing as a big blow to the legal profession. The lawyers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Akinjide’s name would continue to remain relevant “till the end”. Mr […]
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After three years of struggling with diabetes, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday passed away. The President described the officer, who had been working with him for many years before he won the 2015 […]
The 22 oil workers arrested by officials of the Rivers Government have been freed, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The oil workers, who were detained at Elekahia Stadium, comprised of 20 men and two women. NAN reports that […]
Panic, gunshots and machete wielding have become the order in many Lagos and Ogun communities as residents defend their neighbourhoods from marauding robbers in the wake of the lockdown declared by the Federal Government, report KUNLE AKINRINADE & INNOCENT DURU […]
The chief of staff to the Nigerian president Abba Kyari is dead, presidential spokesmen Femi Adesina said on Saturday morning. “Funeral arrangements to be announced soon,” Adesina said. Garba Shehu, the special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu […]
I extend my deepest and sincerest condolences to the family of Alhaji Aliyu Umar SAN and the NBA Kano, Dutse and Ungogo Branches over the demise of the Learned Silk, a former Attorney General of Kano State, who passed on […]
The Secretariat of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria has announced the transition of Alhaji Aliyu Umar SAN. He died in the early hours of this morning, Friday 17, April 2020. Alhaji Aliyu Umar SAN was a former Attorney-General […]
As the fight against COVID-19 pandemic continues globally, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there is need for Nigerians, especially businesses to start now to plan for life after the pandemic. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, gave […]
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a nationwide spread of coronavirus in Nigeria. Currently, Nigeria has 407 cases of coronavirus with 22 states including Abuja being affected. The NCDC, however, believes it is a matter of time […]
PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF ELECTION 2020 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 8 (1)-(4) OF THE CONSTITUTION AND PARAGRAPH 1.5 OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION 2015 (AMENDED AND ADOPTED AT THE AGM IN LAGOS ON 29TH AUGUST 2019) The Electoral Committee […]