The African Bar Association (AFBA) has appointed a Nigerian lawyer, Mrs. Chika. E. Okolie, as Coordinator, Secretariat Committee for Nigeria (Ikeja). Mrs. Chika Okolie is a prominent member of the NBA Ikeja branch who has made impactful contributions in the […]
By Daniel Anazia A Chief Magistrate Court in the Yaba area of Lagos has ordered the 30-day remand of a dismissed police sergeant, Samuel Phillips, pending the legal advice of the State’s Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). Sergeant Philips, who has […]
BY MICHAEL BAMIDELE Image: Shutterstock An Indian man accused of attempted rape has been given bail on condition that he wash and iron the clothes of all women in his village for six months. Lalan Kumar, 20, will have to […]
By Adeyemi Adepetun and Matthew Ogune • Sack economic management team now, group tells BuhariThe Lagos zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) hearing the N1.8 trillion tax dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and MultiChoice Nigeria has fixed […]
by Ebunoluwa Olafusi The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for an emergency meeting of its members. TheCable learnt the meeting may be over the ultimatum on strike issued by the association to the federal government. NMA had issued the […]
By AFP Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was awaiting a court hearing in Italy Friday after being arrested four years after fleeing Spain in the aftermath of an independence referendum that Madrid ruled illegal. The European MEP — who has […]
By Adamu Abuh and Msugh Ityokura • FG: Collection of VAT by FIRS remains• Lagos: VAT collection will not impoverish other states• Reps: We are ready to revisit 5% oil firm profit share to host communities• Oil-producing communities badly hurt by […]
SimmonsCooper Partners (SCP) is delighted to announce the finals of the 6th edition of the SimmonsCooper Advocacy Development (SCAD) Programme scheduled to hold on Saturday, 25th September 2021, 10:00am WAT. The SCAD initiative was conceived by the firm in 2012 […]
By NAN The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 30-year-old man, Matthew Kolapo, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, with peddling restricted drugs. The defendant is charged on one count of drug trafficking. The charge is marked FHC/L/214c/2021. […]
By Editor A Syrian refugee in the US who plotted to bomb a church in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 23, […]