CARDINAL POINTS OF PRESIDENT’S INAUGURAL SPEECH On the 28th day of August 2020, the 30th President of the Nigerian Bar Association – Olumide Akpata was sworn in alongside other National officers of the Nigerian Bar Association. At the epoch-making ceremony, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association articulated […]

Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Ummi El-Rufai, on Monday stormed the Kaduna State House of Assembly to advocate for law castrating and executing rapists. The Governor’s wife who said average of five rape cases, especially of minors are reported daily in Kaduna, said severe penalty for rapists […]

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) through its Women-in-Law Section and Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) through the NBA Women Forum have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on empowering women in the legal profession. One way this could be achieved, they noted, is by exchanging information relating […]

The Court of appeal, Lagos division has discharged and acquitted a neighbourhood security guard convicted of killing his colleague in Ibadan, Oyo state. The convict, Akosile Lekan was convicted of a one charge count of manslaughter by Justice Bayo Taiwo of the High court of Ibadan on May […]

Notwithstanding the many benefits derivable from the newly-amended Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, publishing unclaimed dividends in two national dailies as stated in the Act exposes shareholders’ information to fraudsters, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), has warned. The Institute noted that […]

The British Government through its Prosperity Fund’s Digital Access Programme has pledge to support and promote inclusive and sustainable digital access to unserved and underserved communities in Nigeria. In collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Digital Access […]

To improve the industry, housing professionals have implored federal and state governments to review multiple taxation imposed in the real estate sector, especially on first time homeowners. They spoke at a Webinar titled, “Understanding Nigerian real estate taxes and statutory charges”, organised by Fine and Country, Nigeria-a global […]

In what has been described as a notable achievement, Nigeria’s foremost legal technologies company, LawPavilion Business Solutions Limited, in collaboration with Telnet Group recently concluded a 2-day virtual conference. The conference which had the keynote speech delivered by His Excellency, Prof Yemi Osinbajo SAN, GCON, with goodwill messages […]

In this piece, Douglas Ogbankwa highlights additional reforms that will aid government’s prison decongestion efforts. The former Nigerian Prisons Service , by enactment of statute transmuted its name from the Nigerian Prisons Service to the Nigerian Correctional Service ,as now enshrined in the Nigerian Correctional Service (Establishment) Act, […]

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal nulified on Monday the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to de-register 22 political parties.The parties were among the 74 political parties de-registered in February by the electoral commission, claiming they did not meet the necessary constitutional requirements.Justice […]

• ‘Only constituents can unseat him’The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, seven days to declare Yakubu Dogara’s seat vacant or face legal action.Dogara, a former speaker, had on July 24, 2020 defected from PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).In […]

Last week, when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, unveiled the sixth edition of Nigeria Broadcasting Code in Lagos, it was greeted with mixed reactions, as industry players felt bad that government still went ahead to publish contentious sections in the code.Recall that the writer […]

Running mate of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Gani Audu, is embroiled in a certificate forgery case, as documents submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show discrepancies in his academic qualifications and other means […]

The Federal Government is said to have settled about N15 billion premiums under the Group Life Insurance scheme to insure it’s over 89,000 workers across the country in the current financial year.Although government had in the past, struggled to renew the Group life insurance for its workers, owing […]

The House of Representatives has said that it will give priority attention to legislations aimed at fast tracking the nation’s economy.The House also said the Electoral Act Amendment, the constitutional Amendment and other legislations such as the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill will receive serious attention upon resumption from […]