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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser to convene an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and munitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now. A statement by Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, said, “The investigative committee’s mandate is to identify irregularities and make recommendations for streamlining the procurement process in the armed forces. “Accordingly, the ... Read More »

Protocol 1.      It is a great pleasure to be among you today, as lawyers from all parts of Nigeria come together with some of their international colleagues for this year’s Annual General Conference. I am informed that these Annual Conferences are the forum for periodic review of the state of the legal profession, our justice system and the ... Read More »

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on his victory at the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday, describing it as victory for the people of the State.   Reacting to the verdict, he stressed that it is a reaffirmation of the overwhelming popularity of ... Read More »

The Kwara State Government has stated that the N5b Federal Government bailout loan is the cheapest and most efficient means of paying accumulated arrears of salaries and allowances owed to primary school teachers and other local government employees. The loan also covers arrears of pensions and gratuities owed to retired local government workers, some of which go back several years. In ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Abuja urged Nigerian lawyers not to sacrifice the integrity of the country’s legal system in a bid to cover the misdeeds of their clients, no matter how lucrative the brief may be. Speaking at the opening of the 55th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), President Buhari called on Nigerian lawyers to support ... Read More »

In a press statement titled “Another Lie From Sahara Reporters: The Alleged “Multi-Million Dollar Okonjo-Iweala Family Hospital” Does Not Exist”, Dr Okonjo-Iweala denied the report as existing only in the imagination of SaharaReporters. Speaking through her Media Adviser, Mr. Paul C Nwabuikwu, Dr Okonjo-Iweala said that “the story is totally baseless for a very simple reason: The alleged hospital is ... Read More »

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the corruption allegations against immediate past Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, with a wave of the hand. The party in a statement issued Sunday morning in Port Harcourt by its State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said that the latest allegation by the wailing Care-taker ... Read More »

Member representing Itu State Constituency, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Idongesit Ituen has accused the Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko of abandoning his responsibilities to pursue personal interest in politics, says a news report published in the official Facebook page of the State Assembly. The report says Ituen spoke hard against Nwoko while contributing ... Read More »

There are indications that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its national chairman, Chief John Oyegun are divided over the choice of the party’s candidate for the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa state. Sources within the APC said that its foundation members have warned against ... Read More »