The Grundnorm

Ogun State government and the organised labour led by Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ogun State Chapter, Emmanuel Bankole, have agreed to discuss details and work on the grey areas pointed out by the workers’ unions in the new Pension Reform Law recently passed by the state’s […]

Nigerian leaders across the tiers of government, especially at the federal level, have reduced fiscal governance to a crude and barbaric joke. A joke carried out at the expense of the people and which produces direct results in poverty, suffering, disease and death for a good part of […]

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has said that in the last 11 months since he assumed the position, broadband penetration in the country has grown by 10 per cent, from an average growth of two per cent annually since year 2000.According to the […]

Okezie lkpeazu, the Governor of Abia State has commended the synergy and collaboration existing between the Government of Abia State and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the fight against use of hard drugs and other related crimes.The Governor, who made the commendation during the public […]

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 […]