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Adesina Adegbite Celebrates the Girl-Child on the International Day of the Girl Child

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Today commemorates the international Day of celebration of the Girl-Child. It is a day set aside to celebrate theGirl Child and advocate for support towards her welfare and protection of her wellbeing. The significance of this Day being principally to […]

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ASUP threatens strike, accuses Buhari regime, governors of owing salaries

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ASUP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime and some state governors to pay outstanding arrears of the minimum wage. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime and some […]

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Alleged N1.5bn Debt: Court Freezes Bauchi State Government Accounts

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By Unini Chioma Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, in Lagos, will on November 3, 2021, decide whether or not to vacate a freezing order placed in about 20 bank accounts belonging to the Bauchi State government in a […]

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Ex-JAMB registrar Ojerinde fined for seeking frivolous adjournment

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Mr Ojerinde was seeking an adjournment of his trial for the third time. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Friday, fined former JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, N100,000 over his plea for an adjournment, […]

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Appeal Court Throws Out APC’s Suit Against PDP

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By Unini Chioma The Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba has thrown out a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to sack all 25 local government councils’ chairmen and councilors in Delta State. The APC had challenged the […]

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I Donated Office To NBA-SPIDEL To Further Its Gospel On Maintaining Public Law And Order — J-K Gadzama, SAN

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By Unini Chioma *Prof Paul Ananaba– SPIDEL has made progress.*SPIDEL Will becomes a section every lawyer will crave to join– Dr. Ubani The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law(SPIDEL), on Friday, commissioned its new office in Abuja. […]

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Court fixes date to deliver judgment in ‘N2.1bn fraud’ case against Maina

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by Bolanle Olabimtan A federal high court in Abuja has fixed November 8 to deliver judgment in the alleged N2.1 billion fraud case filed against Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). In 2019, Maina was […]

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FG files criminal charges against Lanre Sujaru over ‘forged’ audio tape

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by Malik Abdulganiy The federal government has filed criminal charges against Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman of HEDA Resource Centre, at a federal high court, Abuja, over allegations of circulating the audio of a stage-managed phone interview with Mohammed Bello Adoke, a […]

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Court grants Adoke’s request for medical trip

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by Bolanle Olabimtan A federal high court in Abuja has granted permission to Mohammed Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for medical examination. Adoke, through his counsel, Kanu Agabi, had filed the […]

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PDP asks court to remove Ayade, deputy from office

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By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh and Anietie Akpan The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade to court seeking an order directing him and his deputy to vacate office being members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]