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Ehanire to resident doctors: End your strike, all debts will be settled

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by Femi Owolabi Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, has called on residents doctors to put an end to the ongoing strike action. On August 1, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on strike over “irregular payment of salaries”, […]

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Businessman drags ex-wife to court, denies paternity of 1-month-old baby

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By NAN A 57-year-old businessman, Abdulhamid Yakubu on Monday dragged his ex-wife, Maryam Muhammad before a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, denying the paternity of a one-year-old boy. Yakubu, in his petition, said that he raised an alarm on […]

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Conduct Of Politicians, Judges, Lawyers Worrisome, NBA Laments

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By Paschal Njoku ABUJA – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday said the conduct of some politicians, judicial officers and lawyers are “disturbing” and consequently dragging the reputation of the country’s judiciary to the mud. NBA President, Olumide Akpata, stated this […]

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VAT collection: LCCI seeks adjustment in allocation to states, LGAsVAT collection: LCCI seeks adjustment in allocation to states, LGAs

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by Mary Ugbodaga The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for a review of the current sharing arrangements of value-added tax (VAT) collection to states and local government councils. This was announced in a statement by Chinyere […]

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Appeal court president asks FG to ‘urgently’ review salaries of judges

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by Bolanle Olabimtan Monica Dongban-Mensem, president of the court of appeal, says salaries of judicial officers have not been reviewed for over 10 years. Speaking on Monday at the opening of the 2021/22 legal year in Abuja, the appellate court […]

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Judge faces disciplinary action over issuance of criminal summons on Soludo

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JUSTINA MBOHO Gambo Garba, a judge of the Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, is set to face disciplinary actions by the Judicial Service Committee (JSC) over issuance of a direct criminal summons against Chukwuma Soludo, a former Governor of […]

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#EndSARS: Canadian court slams Nigerian police as murderous, corrupt; denies ex-MOPOL sergeant asylum

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OYINDAMOLA OLUBAJO The Nigeria Police Force’s involvement in extrajudicial killings, torture, summary executions of suspects in custody, amongst other gruesome human rights abuses, is “overwhelming”, a federal court in Ottawa, Canadia, said in denying asylum to Charles Ukoniwe, a former […]

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As Twitter ban enters 100 days, Buhari maintains noose on Nigerians’ freedom online

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HILLARY ESSIEN It’s been 100 days since the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari banned the operations of social media platform, Twitter, in Nigeria, suffocating citizens rights to freedom of expression. In June, Mr Buhari announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter after […]

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Communal clash: Supreme Court did not cede Offa land to Erin-Ile, ODU insists

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By Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Offa people under the aegis of Descendants Union (ODU) at the weekend insisted the Supreme Court has not in any of its judgments, ceded any parcel of land belonging to Offa to her Erin-Ile neighbour. Offa […]

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VAT collection: States should move away from mentality of revenue sharing, says Peter Obi

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by Wasilat Azeez Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state has advised state governments to improve their revenue generation capacity. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and some state governments are currently embroiled in a legal tussle over VAT collection. Rivers and Lagos […]