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Law Firm of Afe Babalola has submitted a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee seeking the removal of a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. The petition alleged that Farotimi violated certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The 90-page petition, dated December […]
Continue ReadingThe leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents, has hit back at Vice President Kashim Shettima over the latter’s reaction to her comments about Nigeria. Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria before departing the country for the UK at the age of […]
Continue ReadingVice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the newly elected British-Nigerian UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for making disparaging remarks about Nigeria. While speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Shettima emphasized that migrants are a vital source of life in all societies. He said: “Kemi Badenoch, […]
Continue ReadingAtsi, the younger sister of Taraba State Governor, Agbus Kefas, has died from gunshot injuries she sustained in a police accidental discharge. A source close to the Taraba State Government confirmed to Daily Trust that she died in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja where she had been receiving treatment after the incident. Atsi, 44, was […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants and reviewed processes will begin from January 1, 2025. A directive which was announced on its official X page on Tuesday, the embassy says applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. It […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Security operatives have arrested a notorious kidnapper, Terry Tinate Augustus, popularly called “Black” in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Augustus, an acclaimed pastor from Ajapa community in Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State, was arrested by the Amotekun Corps in collaboration with the Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on […]
Continue ReadingThe German Embassy announced in a statement that the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was scheduled to arrive Nigeria on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 and will stay till December 12, 2024. “While in Abuja, President Steinmeier will meet with the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu as well as with the President of the […]
Continue ReadingThe magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has again refused to admit human rights activist, Dele Farotimi to bail, in the charge brought by the Commissioner of Police, against him over alleged cybercrime. Farotimi was taken to court for allegedly defaming senior lawyer and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Afe Babalola SAN. During the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principles of a bill seeking to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant powers to conduct Presidential and Gubernatorial Debates for candidates seeking election into the office of President and Governor of a State, respectively. The private member bill sponsored by […]
Continue ReadingThe Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (HCAA) has appointed Chinasa Unaegbunam, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as a member of its advisory board. This was disclosed on Friday, December 6, in a statement by Tunde Moshood, spokesperson for Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development. Moshood described the appointment as “not only […]
Continue ReadingAn Upper Tribunal in United Kingdom has set aside a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of a 43-year-old Nigerian man, Olutobi Ogunbawo. The ruling is coming after Ogunbawo’s wife, Maria Adesanya, claimed that vitro fertilisation treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, a key argument in their defence. Ogunbawo, convicted in 2019 for immigration offences related […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by Sahara Reporters publisher and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, via his X handle on Monday. “The first […]
Continue ReadingJohn Dramani Mahama has won Ghana’s presidential election after his rival, the country’s vice president and ruling party candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat on Sunday. Bawumia said he conceded defeat before the official results to ease tensions after reported fights in several local constituencies. Although the Electoral Commission has yet to announce the results, […]
Continue ReadingIn an epoch-making maneuver, Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday, bringing an abrupt end to President Bashar al-Assad’s 13-year rule and the six-decade-long dominance of the Assad family. The high speed advance sent Assad fleeing to Russia, which granted him and his family asylum, according to Russian state media. The collapse of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that Nigeria’s economic and social development is under threat, because corruption has severely paralyzed the country. This is as the commission urged Nigerians to summon the courage needed to expose corrupt practices and combat the scourge. Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner of ICPC, Mrs. Ekere […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Jigawa State, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has convicted and sentenced a wife, her husband, her brother and her sister to death by hanging over a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The convicts were arrested in 2019 after they have been investigated and prosecuted before the […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting National Chairman and National Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun and Samuel Anyanwu, have threatened to sue Deji Adeyanju, a lawyer and activist, over allegations bordering on defamation. Anyanwu, threatened to drag Adeyanju to court on civil and criminal litigations over the alleged defamatory remarks. The two PDP chieftains made this […]
Continue ReadingAn Ekiti State Chief Magistrates Court, Ado Ekiti Judicial Division, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, in the state’s correctional centre. Farotimi, who was arrested in his law chamber in Lagos on Tuesday by officers from Ekiti State Police Command, was arraigned for allegedly publishing a book: “Nigeria and […]
Continue ReadingCourt documents filed on Tuesday by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have finally revealed that the 753-duplex estate in Abuja is tied to Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and his cronies, including one Ifeanyi Omeke. The estate, located in the Lokogoma District, covers over 150,000 square meters […]
Continue ReadingMother of the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni, who tragically died in controversial circumstances of alleged bullying in Lagos state on November 30, 2021, Mrs. Rosemary Oromoni has died. Family sources disclosed that Mrs. Rosemary Oromoni died in late November after battling with an intermittent blood pressure-related illness. Her death came seven months after a […]
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