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Court sentences commercial sex worker to four years in prison

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By Uja Emmanuel, An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday sentenced a commercial sex worker, Dooshima Anems, to four years imprisonment for biting a customer’s tongue during sex. The police charged Anems with assault and causing grievous hurt. The […]

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NIGERIA @ 61 – By Jide Akinrotimi,Esq.

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Recall on October 1st 1960, when Prime Minister Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa received the constitutional instruments symbolizing Nigeria’s independence, he expressed his wish that having acquired our rightful status as an independent sovereign nation, history would record that the building […]

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NIGERIA @ 61 – By Jide Akinrotimi,Esq.

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Knowledge of Technology Critical to Dispute Resolution – Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN

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His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN, GCON, Vice President of Nigeria, has emphasized the importance of acquiring knowledge in relation to technology as well as the critical nature of dispute resolution and advisory services in today’s society. The Vice President, […]

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VAT War: Gov. Fayemi asks Supreme Court to give urgent ruling

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Governor Kayode Fayemi has asked the Supreme Court to accelerate its decision on the controversies surrounding VAT collection. CHUKWUEMEKA AYOMIDE Governor Kayode Fayemi has asked the Supreme Court to accelerate its decision on the controversies surrounding VAT collection. “Our take […]

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Law Student Kidnapped By Gunmen Found Dead

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By Unini Chioma A 300 level law student of the Imo State University, Owerri, Kenneth Ibe who was abducted by gunmen, have been killed. The student, a native of Isiala Mbano local government area of the state was reportedly killed on […]

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‘Supreme Court can’t overrule VAT collection by states’

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Omooba Olumuyiwa Sosanya, renowned accountant and technocrat is founding president, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), one of the umbrella bodies regulating professional accountants in the country. In this interview with IBRAHIM APEKHADE YUSUF, Omooba Sosanya who doubles as a […]

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EXPANDING THE FRONTIER OF LEGAL PRACTICE: A PEEP BEYOND LITIGATION
(Excerpts from Speeches made at NBA Aba Branch Law Week, NBA-YLF 2021 Summit and NBA-YLF Degema Symposium) BY AKOREDE HABEEB LAWAL

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Protocols In all honesty, dealing with this topic is more like me speaking to myself. I say this because outside the courtroom, nothing much describes my credit alert, except gifts from clients who are impressed with my courtroom advocacy. There […]

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BREAKING: IPOB declares Oct 1 sit-at-home, orders operation ‘No Nigeria flag’

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By Emma Elekwa, The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a total shutdown of the Southeast on October 1. The group also announced operation “no Nigerian flag” in all organisations in the region with effect from September 25, 2021, […]

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African Bar Association Appoints Chika. E. Okolie as Coordinator, Secretariat Committee for Nigeria, Ikeja

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The African Bar Association (AFBA) has appointed a Nigerian lawyer, Mrs. Chika. E. Okolie, as Coordinator, Secretariat Committee for Nigeria (Ikeja). Mrs. Chika Okolie is a prominent member of the NBA Ikeja branch who has made impactful contributions in the […]