The Action Alliance (AA) has withdrawn its petition against the victory of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential election. The party announced its withdrawal at the pre-hearing session of the presidential election tribunal on Monday. Oba Maduabuchi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), heads …
Read More »Court fixes May 30 for continuation of Ali Bello, three others’ trial over N3bn fraud
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 30 and 31 for the continuation of the trial of Ali Bello and three others over an alleged N3bn fraud charge filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. During Tuesday’s proceeding, the prosecution, led by Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, called …
Read More »Wole Olanipekun, 49 other lawyers to defend Tinubu over election outcome
Legal icon Wole Olanipekun and 49 other lawyers have offered to defend the victory of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leading the team of legal giants. The lawyers are …
Read More »‘One country, two systems’ Akeredolu slams Buhari for allowing Katsina Amotekun carry weapons
The video making the rounds showing the equivalent of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun Corps) in Katsina, obtaining the approval of the Federal Government to bear arms is fraught with great dangers. Denying Amotekun the urgently needed rights, to legitimately bear arms is a repudiation of the basis of …
Read More »‘Investing in the future’ Osinbajo urges citizens to support funding of tertiary education
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said it is very unrealistic for the citizens and corporate bodies to leave the funding of tertiary education alone to the government and has therefore challenged them to rise to the occasion and support education with their resources. He stated this yesterday while speaking …
Read More »‘Inappropriate’ It’s wrong to refer to Akpata as a boy, Akeredolu tells Akintola
The Ondo state governor and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has kicked against the statement credited to Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, referring to the immediate past President, of the association, Olumide Akpata, as a boy. Akeredolu, in a statement personally signed by him and …
Read More »‘Just in’ Osinbajo inaugurates new National Council on Infrastructure
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday, inaugurated the National Council on Infrastructure, saying the move would bridge the nation’s infrastructure gaps while widening the frontiers of Public-Private sector collaboration. This was according to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, …
Read More »‘Faceoff’ Body of Benchers snubs Akpata request for Olanipekun disqualification
The Body of Benchers, BoB, yesterday held a hybrid meeting to deliberate on some recent developments in the judiciary sector but surprisingly failed to discuss the controversial letter written by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, asking the association’s chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, to recuse himself …
Read More »‘Dispute’ Wike narrates arrest, murder charge with father
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled how a chieftaincy disagreement in his village resulted in his father, himself, and other family members being arrested and detained. On the occasion of his 65th birthday, he said this while eulogizing Emmanuel C. Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Wike claimed …
Read More »‘Ease our burden’ Gov Abdulrazaq visits Fashola over bad state of federal roads in Kwara
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, on Thursday, appealed to the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, to repair the unhealthy state of federal authorities roads within the state. The enchantment was tabled at a marathon assembly with the Works Minister in Abuja, in accordance with an announcement by the …
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