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The President of Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, yesterday, set up the Ekiti State governorship election tribunal to hear and determine petitions that may arise from the governorship election slated for Saturday, June 18, 2022. A statement by […]

A lawmaker representing Nigeria at the ECOWAS Parliament, Linda Ikpeazu, said that the five Gender Equity Bills that were initially discarded by the Nigerian National Assembly will be reconsidered for action. Ikpeazu made this known Wednesday while responding to criticisms […]

•Begins registration for 2022 AGC The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA, has listed 53 candidates for its national election. This came as the Technical Committee on Conference Planning, TCCP, for the 2022 Annual General Conference, AGC, of […]

…Says govt’s income challenged  abuja—Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has said Nigeria was currently borrowing money to pay salaries. Nwabuoku, who disclosed this at a retreat organised by the office of the AGF for members of the technical sub-committee […]

Professor Femi Soyinka, the renowned researcher and former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has died at 85. Soyinka was the younger brother of Nobel laureate and professor of comparative literature, Wole Soyinka. According […]

The bid by Ilana Omo Oodua to stop the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State and invalidate the 1999 constitution suffered a setback, yesterday, as the Federal High Court Sitting in Ado-Ekiti struck out the case for lack of […]

THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS [FIDA], LAGOS BRANCH – 2022 ANNUAL LAW WEEK OFFICIAL PRESS STATEMENT The International Federation of Women Lawyers [FIDA] Lagos Branch, 2022 Annual Law Week, the Female Lawyers will converge at the Nigerian Institute of […]

Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the plan of the UK Government to send asylum seekers and refugees in the UK to Rwanda. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Falana described the plan as unlawful […]

A UK court has ruled against Nigeria in the $1.7bn suit against JP Morgan Chase Bank over the transfer of proceeds from the sale of OPL 245. Judge Sara Cockerill of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales […]

Bid by Ilana Omo Oodua to stop the June 18 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State and invalidate the 1999 constitution suffered a sat back on Tuesday, as the Federal High Court Sitting in Ado-Ekiti struck out the case for lack […]