The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has shortlisted 130 lawyers for the award of the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The names of the shortlisted candidates were contained in a public notice for advertisement in the newspapers released on Wednesday. According to the Acting Chief Registrar of …
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El-Rufai: FG Slowing Down Efforts Of North-West Governors To End Banditry
If the results are of the Kaduna Local Government Election is anything to go by where your party, APC lost your local government to the PDP, do you think your party members will have confidence in the usage of electronic voting in the future, having seen that it did not favour them? …
Read More »Anambra 2021: Obiano Rejects Storage Of INEC Materials In Imo
Governor Willie Obiano has said his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the people of the state, will reject the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use its facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, for storage of non-sensitive materials meant for the November 6 …
Read More »Osinbajo: Reducing Customs Procedures Can Lift Nigeria, Others By $250 Billion
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that despite the monumental challenges posed by climate change, especially energy transition and related issues, the coming decade anchored on the African Continental Free Trade Area offers great opportunities for Africa’s socioeconomic transformation. This is as he said that a slight reduction in the …
Read More »Buhari Arrives Imo State (Video)
President Buhari has landed in Owerri, Imo state, Newsextra24 has learned. The Presidential jet landed at about 09:30 a.m. He is set to meet with Igbo leaders and commission several projects in the state. The President’s visit to the state generated some controversy as members of the Proscribed Indigenous People …
Read More »US Sails Ship Through South China Sea, After China Institutes New Maritime ID
A US destroyer sailed near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet announced, days after China imposed new maritime identification rules that include the disputed body of water. The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, sailed within 12 miles of Mischief Reef, …
Read More »Anti-open Grazing: Give Us Time To Train Our Members – Miyetti Allah Begs Lagos
Maikudi Usman, zonal secretary of south-west MACBAN, made the plea on Wednesday at the public hearing of the Lagos state anti-open grazing bill. He said the members of the association need time to be educated on “how they will be breeding cattle in one place and not transfer to anybody’s …
Read More »Missouri Woman Losses $1.2M To Two Nigerian Men In Romance Scam
ST. LOUIS – On September 7, 2021, Rotimi Oladimeji and Olumide Akinrinmade appeared before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on a romance scam. The men were arrested in Texas on August 9th after the return of a federal indictment charging mail fraud, wire fraud, …
Read More »VAT: I Will Take Over FIRS Offices In Rivers If Their Bullying Continues – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, threatened to “take over” all offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Service in the oil-rich South-South state if the government agency continues with its “bullying”. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, threatened to “take over” all offices of the Federal Inland Revenue …
Read More »FIRS Writes National Assembly, Seeks Exclusive Power On VAT
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, in a desperate bid to retain the collection of the Value Added Tax, has written the National Assembly, seeking the inclusion of VAT collection in the exclusive legislative list. The federal tax agency is also requesting the federal lawmakers to approve for it, the establishment …
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