The Nigerian Bar Association on Monday said it has filed petitions against seven lawyers including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders. The conflicting court orders, the NBA said, concerned especially political matters. The organisation said it took the decision to drag them before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee…
The National Human Rights Commission in Kaduna recorded 524 complaints of sexual and gender-based violence against women in 2021. The State Coordinator of the Commission, Terngu Gwar, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kaduna. He attributed the rise in SGBV to COVID-19 pandemic, stating that the pandemic brought about restriction…
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday sacked his entire cabinet over graft concerns, vowing to “confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials”. “I have dissolved my entire cabinet effective immediately, and all the functions of cabinet revert to my office until I announce a reconfigured cabinet in two days,” Chakwera said in a…
Lagos, Nigeria B & Q Dredging Limited has disclosed that with the success recorded by the company from its operations in the Second Niger Bridge project in Anambra/Delta state, Elegushi, and Eletu axis in creating a new city in Nigeria’s commercial center Lagos, it is ready for expansion into newer markets. Its expertise and capacity…
In the wake of incidences of blatant ambush marketing and intentional deceptive advertising by some businesses, targeted at illegitimately identifying with the Super Eagles and the team’s campaign at the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations ongoing in Cameroon, the Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday assured Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited of full protection of its partnership rights….
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says the late Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oyewumi Ajagungbade II, lived a fulfilled live. Makinde said this assertions on Saturday in Ogbomoso, at a reception/state burial ceremony organised for the late traditional ruler. The governor said that Ogbomosoland and Oyo State in general, witnessed development during the reign of…
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths has pledged to support Nigeria to help rebuild the lives of those affected by violence in the Northeast. The UN humanitarian affairs chief who made the pledge at the end of his four-day visit to Nigeria, said the UN would do everything to…
Super Eagles have been rewarded with naira equivalent of USD 80,000 which over 30 million naira by Coalition of Private Companies. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele who brought the goodwill message and the cash to the Eagles in Garoua, Cameroon said CACOVID decided to reward each of Eagles’ goals with the…
One of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks, Thich Nhat Hanh, has died in Vietnam at the age of 95, his Zen teaching organisation said in a statement. The master of meditation “passed away peacefully” at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue – where his spiritual journey began and Vietnam’s Buddhist heartland – the Plum…
