A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued an order to Abuja-based lawyer Azubuike Oko, instructing him to serve the defendants with ex-parte notice within two days of the order. Oko is contesting the exclusion Read more…
The immediate past national chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the September governorship election in Edo. Akpata, who was a senior partner and the Head of Read more…
The US has long placed its faith in expensive weapons as the key to victory in conflicts, but the Ukraine war is forcing it to revise its assumptions, The Washington Post has reported. Stacie Pettyjohn, the director of the defense Read more…
Moscow sent hitmen who gunned down a Russian deserter in Spain last week, six months after fleeing to Ukraine in his helicopter, El Pais newspaper reported Thursday, citing Spanish intelligence sources. “The Spanish intelligence services have no doubt that the Read more…
Armenia has de facto suspended its participation in a key security agreement with Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said, citing the continuing tensions with its neighbor and arch-rival Azerbaijan. In an interview with France 24 that was published on Read more…
Governors on Thursday denied a claim by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that the Federal Government disbursed N1.08tn to states to address the food crisis in the country. During the inauguration of the renovated central mosque in the Iseyin area of Read more…
AFTER about 12 hours in police custody, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Julius Abure, was released on bail at 2 a.m., yesterday. He was arrested alongside the Edo State chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi and Read more…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CNN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Thursday, February 22, said the ECOWAS Judicial Council is going to look at the issue of the enforcement of judgments emanating from the ECOWAS Court. Justice Ariwoola disclosed this while Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Justice Development and Peace Caritas, JDPC of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State led by its Director Rev. Fr. Benedict Chima Okolo on Thursday embarked on an advocacy meeting with the Special Adviser (SPAD) to Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The presidential candidate for Labour Party (LP) in the last presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has called on the federal government to end the inconsistency in duty charges as it is affecting the general business atmosphere in Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State government on Thursday said it never bought any tractor with palliative funds. The disclaimer was contained in a press statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor. The statement Read more…
The man is accused of inciting hatred after calling for the Russian president to “deal with Ukraine and Brussels” Polish authorities have charged a farmer with hate speech after he fitted his tractor with a Soviet flag and a message Read more…