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The lawyers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said a review of the criminal laws would give fillip to effective prosecution of cases and also add value to the nation’s administration of criminal justice system. For an effective criminal justice system in the country, some eminent constitutional lawyers on Monday…
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Animashaun Sodiq, who allegedly raped his neighbour, was, today, granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja magistrate’s court, Lagos. The State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, yesterday, arraigned Sodiq on a count charge of defilement before Magistrate B. O. Osusanmi.Rape The prosecutor, Mr. Simeon Imohnwa, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, told the court…
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On May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations: ‘I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two conditional. (1) Only a peaceful solution must be found to…
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NIGERIA-A few days ago, as I slumped onto a chair in some eatery after one very hectic day at work, which also took in robust discussions on the state of the country, and watching some politicians and guest speakers on some random television station pontificating on same, when I overhead this very animated verbal exchange…
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Police sergeant assault fellow senior police officer. The career of a police sergeant may be hanging in the balance after he was allegedly caught smoking Indian hemp at a function on Lagos Island. Newsmen learnt that the sergeant, identified simply as Agu, also allegedly slapped the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Lion Building Police…
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Land surveying LAGOS-The Association of Private Practising Surveyors of Nigeria, Lagos branch, has called for increased patronage of surveying professionals for sustainable development in the country. The Chairman, APPSN, Lagos branch, Mr. Olufemi Odetunmibi, said at the body’s 2017 annual workshop that people needed to engage the services of surveyors more in the course of…
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ABUJA –Everything with a beginning also has an end. The law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria, were shut out since 2013 from the Nigerian Law School for vocational training by the Council of Legal Education, despite the National Universities Commission’s accreditation. The graduates had futilely approached all relevant authorities for succour, and…
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The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says its investigative team has not been allowed to meet with the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the United Kingdom, where she has been staying since 2015 when investigation into her tenure began. The…
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has said restructuring will bring much needed balance to the country. The former Lagos State governor, however, said he was against the split-up of the country.Tinubu’s assertion followed repeated pronouncements by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that Nigeria’s unity is…