The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it is targeting N8.5 trillion revenue for the country in 2020. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, disclosed this at the 2020 Corporate Plan Retreat in Abuja on Friday. Nami said that the 2020 target was slightly lower than the 2019 […]
GOODWILL MESSAGE TO MEMBERS OF NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, OKITIPUPA BRANCH ON THE OCASSION OF IT’S 2020 ANNUAL LAW WEEK – By Dele Adesina SAN, Past General Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association. I thank the Chairman, the Executive and members of this great Branch of our beloved Association for giving […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received criticisms for the recent deregistration of 74 political parties in Nigeria. Some of the critics have argued that the action taken by INEC violates the right to freedom of association as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution as amended. It is important to […]
Chief Emeka Ihedioha has prayed the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment it delivered on Jan. 14.NAN reports that the Supreme Court on Jan.14, nullified Ihedioha’s election as Imo governor and declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of a Court of Appeal Division in Anambra. Chief Basil Ejidike, Chairman of APC in the state said the coming of the court was long overdue. He said the establishment of the Appellate Court in the state […]
The trial of 47 Nigerian men charged with homosexuality, punishable by 14 years in jail in the West African country, stalled again on Wednesday as their accusers failed to produce a witness. The men, who were arrested in a Lagos hotel during a police raid in August 2018, have pleaded […]
The news of the Police invasion of the office of the Women Aid Collective (WACOL) and the brutal assault on two of its female lawyers who are members of the Nigerian Bar Association is not only shocking and worrisome but clearly depicts impunity and abuse of power by Police […]
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan Array of hope of a peaceful and amicable resolution shone yesterday on the crisis rocking local government administration in Oyo State, as Governor Seyi Makinde has opted for an out-of-court settlement. The governor had instituted a case against the 68 chairmen of the 33 local governments […]
United States President, Donald Trump has escaped impeachment as the Senate on Wednesday acquitted him on both articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The vote on the first article, abuse of power, was 52-48, with GOP Sen. Mitt Romney joining Democrats in their “guilty” votes. The […]
Ogunlana Adesina Ademola, the Chairman of Radical Agenda Movement in the Nigerian Bar Association and presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2020 national elections of the Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the police brutality mete out to a female lawyer in.Enugu , ENUGU State, Ibangah Goodness Esq. in the conduct of […]