Executive Order: Constitution empowers President Tinubu to amend laws — SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), has said the President is empowered to make amendments to existing laws to bring them in conformity with constitutional powers. Pinheiro spoke…
Alleged UK property fraud: FG battles Ozekhome with 12 fresh charges
The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a fresh 12-count charge against Chief Mike Ozekhome and Ponfa Useni, also known as Tali Shani, before the High Court of the Federal…
Residents decry soaring house rents, Lagos landlord’s harassment, demand urgent control
Residents across parts of Lagos State have described the spiralling cost of house rents as suffocating, urging urgent legislative and executive intervention to prevent a deepening housing crisis. In separate…
Nigerian lawyer-poet gets recognition
Nigerian public-interest lawyer and celebrated poet Karimot Odebode has been named the recipient of the 29th Global Love of Lives Award by Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation, in…
Electoral Act 2026 and FCT area council polls
By Jide Ojo this year is set to be a year of politics and politicking. On February 17, the National Assembly passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Bill 2026,…
Tinubu’s executive order will aid fiscal sovereignty – Agbakoba SAN
The Oil and Gas Governance Practice Group of Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing an Executive Order mandating the direct remittance of oil and…
Tinubu lacks power to alter existing law on oil revenue – NBA
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), on Monday, said President Bola Tinubu lacks the constitutional authority to amend or override the Petroleum Industry Act through an…
Management: Ado Bayero Mall Not For Sale
The management and owners of Ado Bayero Mall, Kano, have dismissed reports circulating online suggesting that the facility is up for sale, describing the claims as false and misleading. In…
From AIG To IGP: Meet Tunji Disu
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Annex, Lagos, Tunji Disu, has been appointed as Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, subject to confirmation…
Why Bayelsa Assembly confirms Peter Akpe as Deputy Gov
THE Bayelsa State House of Assembly has formally confirmed the appointment of Peter Akpe as the state’s new deputy governor, filling the vacancy left by the late Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Akpe,…