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In August, the National Judicial Council (NJC) set up three committees to wade into the arrested judgement in the Sokoto Court of Appeal and the feud between the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu and the suspended Pre...
The National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola Oke, has announced the constitution of a 10-member Transition Committee that will administer the Ondo State chapter of the Party from now till when the party would hold its congr...
Many would rather not be in President Goodluck Jonathan’s shoes right now, no thanks to the many troubles staring him in the face. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE chronicles the possible causes of the president’s sleepless nights. The manifesto was simpl...
Katsina State government has ordered the arrest of one Aminu Lawal, an accountant with the Kurfi Local Government Council of the state, over alleged diversion of the council workers’ salaries . The order was contained in a statement issued...
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday condemned the renewed ethno-religious crises in Jos, Plateau State.In a statement issued in Kaduna by its national publicity secretary, Anthony N.Z. Sani, they stated, “Arewa Consultative Forum is sad over...
Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has expressed deep concerned that the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Gombe State Council has already embarked on a strike action despite the fact that negotiation arrangement abo...
The Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has ordered that immediate rescue work commences at the failed portions of the Akure/ Owo/Benin expressway where about 32 souls perished in a multiple accident earlier in the week pending when the Federal Gov...
The purported comeback bid of the former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayoseg to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has been described as an “embarrassing insult not only to the state chapter of the PDP but to the founding f...
The Permanent Missions of Nigeria, the United States of America and United Kingdom to the United Nations have warned all the parties involved in the Kosovo crisis to shun violence and embrace all peace efforts by the international community. Addressing...
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has urged government at all levels to adopt measures aimed at addressing the security challenges facing the nation while condemning destruction of lives and property in any form. Similarly, the Acting Governor of...
The implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage has caused the Kwara state government extra N241million on workers monthly salary.The state Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Dabarako Mohammed who disclosed this in Ilorin, the state capital, yesterday, said ...
As Sallah festivities continue in Kano and its environs, the state governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, have canvassed for the positive engagement of youths through job creation as a means to achieve lasting peac...
In a bid to avert a repeat of last Friday’s bombing of the United Nation (UN) building in Abuja by the Boko Haram sect, the Lagos State Government yesterday beefed up security at the Lagos State governor’s and his deputy’s entrance ga...
The acclaimed traditional durbar procession staged during the biennial sallah celebrations in Kano will not hold this year due to the uncertain health condition of the Emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero. Kano State government announced yesterday that the revered ...
An advocacy group, Access to Justice (AJ) has called on the acting in Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher to review the decision taken to suspend Justice Ayo Salami as President, Court of Appeal (PCA). In a letter dated August 29, ...