I join millions of Nigerians across the world to mourn one of our country’s oldest Senior Advocate of Nigeria Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, SAN, whom death snatched away in the early hours of Tuesday the 21st of April, 2020 in […]
By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi has granted amnesty to no fewer than 30 inmates serving different jail terms in Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre as part of effort to check the spread of coronavirus. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for […]
An Uselu Mobile Court in Benin on Wednesday sentenced six persons to community service for violating the curfew imposed by Edo Government to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The state government had on Sunday imposed […]
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 […]
The passing away of Chief Richard Akinjide, SAN came to me as a great shock. I am still trying to grapple with the fact that the great legal luminary and a mentor to me has departed this world. Chief Richard […]
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 […]
I got the notice of Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide SAN’s transition, this morning from a journalist friend who invited me to come and talk about the Learned Chief’s transition on their television programme. I quickly said the information is fake […]
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 […]
I extend my sincere condolences to the family of Chief I.R. Eke, a member of NBA Owerri Branch, who died on Friday, the 10th day of April, 2020. He was a well respected bar man and will be sorely missed […]