A former Nigerian envoy to Algeria and the Philippines, Nnamdi Onochie, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari regime’s penchant for borrowing, urging it to reverse the Value Added Tax (VAT) to five per cent. The current VAT rate is 7.5 per…
Some youths have stormed the streets of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja in the early hours of Monday to protest against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The protesters said the rally tagged ‘#BuhariMustGo protest’, will be a morning devotion…
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem yesterday declared that she would continue to dispense justice in fear of God and according to the laws of the federation. She made these remarks at a thanksgiving mass held…
The United Arab Emirates, UAE, has again announced the indefinite suspension of flights from Nigeria to Dubai, barely 48 hours after it lifted the previous ban on Saturday. Abu Dhabi had placed a ban on travellers from Nigeria into the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday has given judgment on the case instituted by Obong Effiong Archianga and nine others, representing Ibeno Clan in Akwa Ibom State against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mobil Production Nigeria Unlimited,…
Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said. “We have now seen that over-centralization…
The Bar Council of England & Wales with the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) issue a joint statement on Chinese sanctions against barristers of England & Wales. The CLA notes that the People’s Republic of China has imposed sanctions against four…
On 24 May 2021 the Privy Council gave an important judgment, stressing the wide ranging scope and effect of the constitutional right to protection of the law. In Commissioner of Prisons v Seepersad [2021] UKPC 13 the Board considered whether…
Determined to remove every obstacles on its way to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday in Abuja announced the dates for the conduct of two off- season elections in Ekiti and Osun…
British lawyer Karim Asad Ahmad Khan has been sworn in as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He will perform his duties “honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously,’’ Khan promised before the judges in The…