Two monarchs salaries suspended for not speaking against clash
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Wednesday said two traditional rulers involved in communal clash in Oke Ero local government area of the state will forfeit their salaries for…
Church pastor accuses wife of biting him, pray for divorce in court
A pastor of 55-year-old, Lawrence Adepoju, on Wednesday at the Igando Customary Court sitting in Lagos prayed and pleaded with the court to outrightly dissolve his 33-year marriage over threat…
HINTS: apex court, Supreme Court affirms H Hembe’s sacking
ABUJA–The Supreme Court, on Wednesday has again reaffirmed its judgment ordering a member of the House of Representatives representing, Vandikwa/Konshisha constituency, Honourable Herman Hembe to return all salaries and allowances…
35-year-old raji ex-convict jailed for stealing N14,500 techno phone
OSUN–An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Mrs. Adenike Olowolagba on Wednesday sentenced a female ex-convict, Nofisat Raji, to six months imprisonment for stealing a Techno mobile phone and…
HINTS: FH Court strikes out fraud charge having Diezani’s name and others
Diezani Allison-Madueke ABUJA–The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out one of the nine counts of $1.6bn crude oil fraud instituted against businessman, Jide Omokore, and five others.…
Eti-Osa LGA bye election, candidate garnered momentum, INEC good to go
LAGOS–The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is fully prepared for the conduct of the Lagos constituency bye-election in Eti-Osa Local Government Area on Sept. 30. Newsmen report that…
A sceptic view of regionalism by Anthony Akinola
Agitation for a return to regions seems to have a somewhat tribal assumption, the assumption that once a people of shared identities have constituted themselves into one region they would…
Reps took over court work, order banks to unfreeze Patient Jonathan, friend’s accounts
Wife of the former President of Nigeria, Mrs. Patient Jonathan ABUJA-The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions yesterday ordered banks where Patience Jonathan, her friends and relatives, have accounts…
SC precedent on Lagos Assembly powers to legislate on hotel licensing and others related matters
THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA HOLDEN AT ABUJA ON FRIDAY THE 19TH DAY OF JULY, 2013 BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS ALOMA MARIAM MUKHTAR HON.…
Techlawyers to examine Nigeria’s media regulatory challenges
Ms. Theodora Kio-Lawson THE chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Lawyers in the Media Forum (LIM), Ms. Theodora Kio-Lawson has said that its quarterly roundtable would interrogate critical issues…