Month: October 2021
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Released SANs List Contains Error, LPPC Says
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) said on Friday that the list of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) appointees released on Thursday contained an error. The LPPC Secretary and acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajjo Sarki Bello, in a statement, said a name on the list was not properly identified. Bello said, while…
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After Spending 114 Days in Detention, DSS Releases Two Igboho’s Aides
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the remaining two aides of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, who have been in custody since July 1. They are Jamiu Noah Oyetunji and Amudat Habibat Babatunde (Lady K). The detainees’ lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, confirmed their release. The DSS had during a midnight…
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Malami Fingers Lawmaker as Sponsor of Sunday Igboho
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has fingered a-yet-to-be named lawmaker as the major sponsor of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho is a member of the National Assembly. Malami, who was silent on the identity of the federal lawmaker, said a report by a security…
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Full List: Dignitaries, Academics Make List of Newly Awarded 72 SANs
The committee saddled with the responsibility of conferring senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on Nigerian legal Practitioners, legal practitioners privilege committee (LPPC) at its 149th plenary session on Thursday announced the names of 72 lawyers for the coveted rank. Anthony Ojukwu, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), is one of 72 lawyers…
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Video: Properties Destroyed, as Fire Guts Varsity Female Hostel
Female hostels at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID)was on Thursday gutted by raging fire. It is understood that the fire began around 3:10 pm at the hostel identified as Aisha Buhari lodge. The conflagration was said to have destroyed students’ documents, clothes, hostel buildings and other properties in the process. As of the time of…
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Anambra Poll: Buhari issues Fresh Directive To Security Agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s security agencies to dominate Anambra State and ensure the people get the confidence to exercise their right to vote. This followed a meeting of security and intelligence chiefs he presided over at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, Minister of Police Affairs,…
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Nnamdi Kanu didn’t jump bail in 2017, Lawyer Explains
Aloy Ejimakor, a special counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said the separatist agitator did not jump bail in 2017 as claimed by the Nigerian government. The lawyer said Kanu, guided by the law of self-preservation, did the right thing by moving away from the environment where…
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Oyedepo Reveals Plan To Build World Class University
The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo, says he will build a world-class university to compete favourably with such other universities. Oyedepo said this on Thursday at Ota, Ogun State at the 19th Founder’s Day celebration of Covenant University. He said that the institution would provide the enabling environment for quality…
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7 Killed as IPOB Engaged Soldiers in Gun Duel in Abia Community
There was tension around the palace of Eze Aro in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State, on Wednesday, as soldiers and militants of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) exchanged gunfire. Security Sources confirmed to Daily Trust that five members of the outlawed group fell to the superior firepower of the armed gang. The…
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How Gunmen Murdered 24-Year-old Fresh Graduate in Benue
A 24-year-old fresh graduate, Joy Onoh, has been murdered by yet-to-be identified gunmen. The victim, a graduate of Mass Communication from Benue State University, BSU, was killed in North Bank suburb of Makurdi, the state capital. Onoh was said to have been taken hostage on Tuesday evening by unknown persons who had requested her retail…