The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo says his government will continue collaborating with President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to tackle insecurity in the state. Mr Makinde gave the assurance on Monday while hosting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) federal lawmakers from the…
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has inducted 73 new members into the professional advertising practice while conducting the graduation ceremony for 172 students from its professional diploma in an advertising program. According to […]
The Africa Hub of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association was honoured to host the First Lady of Namibia, Her Excellency Mrs Monica Geingos, who gave the second presentation in the Hub’s continuing public lecture series. A clarion call for change, with…
An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York on Thursday because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary committee had asked the…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference (AGC) 2021 will hold in October 2021 in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The conference’s theme will be “Taking The Lead.” Mr. Omubo Frank Briggs, the Chairman of the Technical Committee on Conference Planning…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has granted bail in the sum of two million naira and two sureties to Nollywood actor Olarenwaju James (alias Baba Ijesha). The judge ordered that one of the sureties must be…
The Tax Appeal Tribunal, Abuja has ordered a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Joseph Daudu, to pay N.248.5 million to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), being his tax assessments. The fund comprised N176,565,016.74 as value-added tax (VAT)…
President Muhammadu Buhari has put off his roughly two-week medical trip, originally scheduled for today. A State House Press Release Friday afternoon by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, announced the shift in…
Nigeria’s Senate president, Ahmed Lawan has said that Nigeria is a poor nation hence the need for continued borrowing. He disclosed that the country had no choice but to borrow to fund infrastructure development. He made these comments when he…