Buhari reappoints Ngige Council of Legal Education chairman

….NBA president, others make list President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) as chairman of the Council of Legal Education (CLE). The newly reconstituted council, which will be inaugurated at Abuja today (Tuesday), also has 17 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) nominees as members. Members of the council include NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), leading Evidence Law author, Mr. Sebastine Hon SAN, Mr. Paul Harris Adakole Ogbole (SAN), and Mrs. Olufunmilayo Roberts. According...

Our government has built foundation for peaceful, prosperous, united Nigeria – Buhari

… Charges governors-elect to unite across party lines President Muhammadu Buhari has rated his administration high, saying that in eight years his government has built a foundation for peaceful, prosperous and a more united Nigeria. This was disclosed at the 2023 induction of Governors-elect organised by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) in Abuja on Monday. The President was represented at the event by the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, where he told the Governors...

May 29: Steer clear from Tinubu’s inauguration, Timi Frank urges international community

Comrade Timi Frank, a political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the international community to steer clear from the proposed inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29. According to Frank, the event is illegal, and he particularly called on the United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union, African Union and ECOWAS among others, “to as a matter of integrity steer clear from...

US government to impose visa restrictions on Nigerians who undermined 2023 general election

The United States government has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on some individuals who undermined the conduct of a free, fair and credible election in Nigeria. Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State to the US government, stated this in a press statement on Monday. The 2023 general election was held on February 25 for presidential and National Assembly polls, and March 18 for governorship and Houses of Assembly polls. “Today, I am announcing that...

You Peppered Nigerians Anglican synod berates President Buhari

The synod of the Diocese of Awka (Anglican Communion), yesterday, rated President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year rule very low, saying that he failed Nigerians. Bishop of the diocese, Most Rev. Alexander Ibezim, disclosed the position of the diocese while presenting the Archbishop’s Charge to the 1st Session of the 13th Synod at St. Peter’s Church, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Ibezim, who doubles as the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of the...

I’ll be Nigeria’s president if it pleases God – Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in this year’s elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that he would be president of Nigeria if God has endorsed him to be. Obi, who spoke on Friday during a public presentation of a compendium on him entitled: Peter Obi: “Many Voices, One Perspective” at Finotel Hotel, Awka, Anambra State, said that he was not desperate to be president of the country. He said that he was confident that...

Worthy of Note (1) —The Case of Bola Tinubu

Contrary to what many Nigerians believe, the man known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not and was never a tribalist. He is something else. Just read along. I first knew this man in late 1998 through Okwadike Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, the former Governor of Anambra State, at the beginning of the transition to democracy from military rule. My associate (actually my brother) in Nigeria had not long before at my behest paid for and acquired...

Nigerian Government To Expend N22.44 Billion On Feeding 75,507

The Federal Government is to spend N22.44 billion in 2023 on feeding 75,507 inmates in prisons spread in 244 jails nationwide. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a two-day high-level conference on corrections and decongestion of prisons, explaining that the fund was budgeted for in the 2023 Appropriation Act. According to him, 70% of the inmates were awaiting trial, attributing it to arbitrary arrests, delay in...

Seplat takes steps to counter interim court orders against its officers

Leading oil and gas company in Nigeria, Seplat Energy has said it has taken steps to counter moves to promote certain media publications to the effect that the Federal High Court, presided by Hon. Justice I. E. Ekwo, sitting in Abuja in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/626/2023 – Juliet Gbaka & 2 others v. Seplat Energy Plc & 13 others has granted ex parte Interim Orders against Seplat Energy and some of its officers. According to a press statement...

NASS Leadership Controversy: Aamu asks aggrieved lawmakers to sheathe their sword

…As Yari, Kalu, Sani lead protest to party Following controversy, protests that trailed the endorsement of principal offices in the 10th National Assembly, by the National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has appealed for the understanding of displeased lawmakers, promising to right every wrong. The chairman  also took full responsibility for the error when he received some aggrieved senators in his office, told the...

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