SPLINTER GROUP WRITES MALAMI, NBA ACTIVITIES AGAINST NATIONAL INTEREST

Conveners of a splinter group within the Nigerian Bar Association have written to notify the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), of the existence of their newly-formed…

IGBO LAWYERS BEG NIGERIANS, CONCEDE PRESIDENCY TO SOUTH-EAST

A group of lawyers under the aegis of the League of Igbo Youth Lawyers, has appealed to Nigerians to concede the office of the president to the South-East in 2023.…

ARTHUR EZE DISMISSES NGIGE’S CALL FOR MONARCHS BANISHMENT

ANAMBRA oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze, has described the call by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, for the banishment of 12 monarchs that accompanied him to…

COVID-19: NCDC ANNOUNCES 138 NEW CASES, NATIONAL TOLL NOW 53,865

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported 138 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 53,865. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter…

NEF TELLS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, ADDRESS INSURGENCY CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW WASTE OF RESOURCES

The Northern Elders Forum on Sunday slammed the National Assembly over constitutional review, describing it as a waste of resources and energy. The organisation called on the National Assembly to…

IN GHANA: 700 NIGERIANS INVOLVED IN FRAUD, PROSTITUTION, ROBBERY DEPORTED

The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, on Sunday, defended the $1m trade levy and other regulations imposed on Nigerian traders in Ghana, noting that Nigeria had equally issued executive…

PRESIDENT BUHARI APPROVES TRANSFER OF NIMC TO COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. It was gathered that…

TRAFFICKERS: NDLEA ARRESTS SEVEN SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS IN KATSINA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Katsina State Command, said it arrested seven drug traffickers between August 18 and August 25, 2020. NDLEA spokesman in Katsina, Mustapha Maikudi, announced the…

APC RECONCILIATION: BADARU, LALONG MEET OSINBAJO TO UNITE MEMBERS

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received governors Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State and Simon Lalong of Plateau State in a bid to unite members…

INSECURITY: GROUP ASKS NASS TO PROBE EXECUTIVE’S HANDLING

Worried by the growing spate of insecurity in the country, the Christian Social Movement of Nigeria has asked the National Assembly to immediately commence an investigation of the executive arm…