A 91-year-old Professor of Law, Professor Ajagbe Toriola Oyewo, has made the list of the new lawyers elevated to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria for 2021. He was named among ten others as academic SANs. The nine others are Professors Bankole Akintoye Sodipo, Christian Chizundu Wigwe, Ajagbe Toriola …
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Comditional Cash Transfer: 98% Of 1.1 Million Beneficiaries Are Women — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the various intervention programmes of the Buhari administration since 2015 to date are designed and implemented to improve the health, education and socio-economic conditions of the Nigerian people, especially women, children, and youths. This is as he urged youths to get involved in …
Read More »Buhari Directs Security Agencies To Ensure Nothing Stops Anambra Guber Election
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Armed Forces and other security agencies in Nigeria to ensure that nothing stops the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. This is as the National Security Adviser, General Babagana Monguno (retd), has said that the new leader of the Islamic State of West …
Read More »FIRS Mulls Collection Of Road Tax From Hairdressers, Carpenters, Drivers, Others
Muhammad Nami, executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says the agency is proposing road infrastructure tax in Nigeria to make the informal sector contribute to building a modern society. The informal sector has business activities that operate outside of government regulation and are largely unregistered. They include …
Read More »EndSARS: Many Victims Already Received Compensation – Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has said that many victims of the EndSARS protest that rocked Nigeria last year have already received payment of sums awarded to them by the panels set up by the Federal Government. Mohammed stated this on Wednesday in a statement tagged: “Phantom …
Read More »Dr. Godwin Maduka Visits FREE Hospital Built And Donated By Him To The Church
Dr. Godwin Maduka Visits FREE Hospital Built and Donated by Him to the Church …Renders financial support to patients. …Reiterates that no patient should pay a dime for treatment in the hospital. Dr. Godwin Maduka has visited Trinitas Hospital, Umuchukwu; the hospital he built, equipped to the full and donated …
Read More »FRSC Unveils Body Cameras For Patrol Operations
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has officially launched the use of body cameras for its personnel across the country. The body cameras were unveiled on Thursday, at an event held in Abuja. Speaking at the event, Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC corps marshal, said the operation monitoring and control platform which …
Read More »Ndume Threatens To Relocate Abroad Over FG’s Rising Recurrent Expenditure
The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has lamented the rising recurrent expenditure in the annual national budget of the Federal Government. He also lamented the huge amount being paid as personnel and overhead costs despite an embargo placed on employment by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu …
Read More »Enugu Fire Chief Urges Sustainability Of Safety Initiatives
The Enugu State Fire Service has reiterated its commitment to the untiring efforts and sacrifices of the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in ensuring safety of lives and property of residents of the state. Speaking during the flag-off of the fire safety campaign in Udenu Local Government Area, the Enugu …
Read More »Bruce Fien Says Kanu’s Detention Violates International Law, To Petition UN
Counsel to Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indeginous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Bruce Fien, said yesterday that the continued detention of the IPOB leader remained illegal, because it violated international law. Fien, however, said he had gathered additional information from yesterday’s proceedings to be added to his petition …
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