BY ANDREW OROLUA The proposed creation of 31 new states by house of representative committee in Nigeria has sparked controversy, as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mohammed Ndarani decried exclusion of Eduko State, initially planned to be carved out of Niger State. He said the proposed state creation list released by House of Representatives Committee […]
The Attorney-General of Ondo state, Adekola Adeyeye Olalwoye and the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma were among the 31 senior lawyers promoted on Thursday by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of […]
Hearing, of two applications brought by a former gubernatorial aspirant in Kwara State, Mr. Dele Belgore, SAN, has been fixed by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. Justice Rilwan Aikawa, on Monday fixed June 28, 2018 to take Belgore’s two applications seeking for the charges to be quashed, and permission to attend his daughter’s graduation […]
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has demoted a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Kunle Ogunba, by withdrawing the prestigious title of SAN from him for professional misconduct. The LPPC also barred a lawyer, Oluwatoyin Bashorun, from applying for the rank of SAN, following her involvement in professional misconduct. A statement by the LPPC secretary, […]
…World Bank Doing Business report on Nigeria fantastic, & is proof that Buhari administration’s reforms are working, says Osinbajo ….The presidency to make dramatic policy changes in Oil & Gas sector if necessary. Despite Nigeria’s latest impressive ranking in the World Bank’s latest ‘Doing Business’ report, the Buhari administration will continue to actively pursue its […]
…May propose people’s constitution for Nigerians …’We won’t leave any stone unturned in our democratic request’ Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja Eminent leaders of thought, under the aegis of Project Nigeria Movement, led by elder statesman Prof Ben Nwabueze, SAN, will next week meet to consider the emerging position from the North on the restructuring of Nigeria. […]
Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-stated its resolve to always intervene in the critical sectors of health and education in line with its mandate for the development of the Niger Delta region. The Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, stated this during a courtesy visit […]
Simon Ugwu The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has urged Nigerians to invest in solar energy to reduce pressure on national grid. Fashola gave the advice in Lagos at a book launch titled: “Solar Electricity Generation for off-grid communities in Nigeria.” The book was authored by Managing Director, Eko Electricity […]
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has challenged universities to collaborate with development agencies in carrying out studies to help communities surmount environmental challenges. Senator Ndoma-Egba stated this during a courtesy visit by the Vice-Chancellor of the Cross River State University of Technology, CRUTECH, […]
A senior lawyer, Chief Sebastine Hon, SAN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to resist the membership bids of Morocco and Tunisia to be joined in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. In a statement signed and made available to The Daily Times, Hon questioned the motives behind the […]
In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s ease of doing business reforms, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), which is chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will, on Tuesday, consider new and specific initiatives to be implemented over a 60-day period in the National Action Plan 2.0. It will be recalled that a previous […]
One of the factional Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, met with some state chairmen of the party in Abuja on Tuesday. Sources at the meeting, which was held at the faction’s secretariat of the PDP located at Wuse 2, said that the former governor of Kaduna State begged for the support […]
The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Limited, Dr. Bolanle Babalakin, (SAN), has expressed displeasure with the slow pace at which business grow in Nigeria. He said this during the annual re-union conference lecture and award of N3.6m scholarships to 59 students organised by the University of Ife Muslim Graduate Association. While speaking on the theme: “Challenges […]
A nationalist, an orator and advocate of a better Nigeria, Yussuf Olaolu Ali is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He spoke with KEHINDE AKINPELU, on the President-elect, the recent elections and other topical issues. Excerpts: It’s a new dawn in Nigeria, many have said; how do you feel about the change? The only constant thing […]
Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), the lead prosecution counsel, on Monday, told a Federal High Court, in Abuja, that the team was ready to tender additional exhibits as proof that Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze committed the October1, 2010 Independence Day anniversary bombing, in Abuja. The team had, last week, tendered 14 exhibits, including an old […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, reserved ruling till May 26, 2015 on the suit challenging the emergence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State. Alhaji Tambuwal, who contested the April 11, governorship election, […]
A retired Army General and the Chief of Staff under the late Sani Abacha, General Ishaya Bamaiyi, told an Ikeja high Court Tuesday how a court registrar, Ms. Rosulu Idowu Oluronke, collaborated with a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, in defrauding him of $330,000 which was meant for the part payment for professional fees charged by […]
An FCT High Court, sitting in Apo District, on Wednesday, vacated its earlier order restraining former President Olusegun Obasanjo from publishing or selling his book titled ‘MY WATCH’. The judge, Justice Valentine Ashie, had on December 10th, , granted the interim order, restraining Obasanjo from publishing his new autobiography ‘My Watch’, following an ex parte […]
The combatants in the crisis that rocked the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before recent elections have decided to embrace peace and work together. Indication to this effect emerged on Wednesday, following an application for an out of court settlement in the suit challenging the emergence of the former Minister […]
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in the August 9 Gubernatorial Election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has proceeded to the Supreme Court to challenge his opponent’s victory. During the election, Omisore lost to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). After his loss, Omisore proceeded to the tribunal […]