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Legal profession might continue to suffer serious decline … if – Osinbajo

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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday urged legal professionals to reform and renovate the law profession in the country to meet international standards. Osinbajo made the call at the inauguration ceremony of the Ultra Modern Sir Adetokunbo Ademola […]

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DSS' Search of Dasuki's Residence Authorised by Law, Says Falana, APC Chieftain

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Human rights lawyer and activist Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday threw his weight behind the Department of State Service’s (DSS) invasion of the residences of the former National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in Abuja and Sokoto last week. Citing […]

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Jonathan’s ex-CSO denied medication, food, water— family

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The detained ex-Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, has complained of being denied his medications despite being diabetic and hypertensive. In a statement issued on his behalf by his lawyer, Mr. Onochie Onwuegbuna, he complained about […]

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Forgive me for your prison experience, Lamido begs sons

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Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has asked his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, to forgive him over their prison experience, as he claimed total responsibility for their ordeal in the hands of the law. In an interview with […]

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SERAP urges Obama to take aggressive steps to return stolen assets to Nigeria

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Ahead of the meeting of President Muhammadu Buhari with officials of the Obama government this week, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Obama to “back up his expressed commitment on stolen assets by taking thoughtful and aggressive […]

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Benue Govt. committed to amnesty for possessors of illegal arms: Official

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Makurdi – The Benue Government on Sunday said it was fully committed to the amnesty programme extended to those in possession of all kinds of illegal arms in the State. The Special Adviser on Media, Information and Communication Technology to […]

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Police record zero crime, violence in 3 states at Sallah

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Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of Zone 10, has commended residents of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States for their peaceful conduct during the Eid el-Fitr celebrations. Hassan said in Sokoto on Sunday that crime […]

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What U.S. expects from Buhari, Obama talks

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UNITED States (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken has given an insight into the likely outcome of today’s talk between President Muhammadu Buhari and his host President Barack Obama in Washington DC. Blinken said the meeting of the two […]

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182m Halliburton Scandal: Buhari orders preparation of case – file

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As President Muhammadu Buhari travels to the United States (US) today to engage President Barack Obama in talks on economic, security, financial and anti-graft issues, it has emerged that he has ordered the preparation of the case-file that would lead […]

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NSCDC parades two doctors over illegal abortion in Ekiti

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The Ekiti State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday paraded two suspects for allegedly carrying out illegal abortion. The suspects, according to the State Commandant of the Corps, Raji Adedoyin, specialised in carrying out abortions […]