Category: Legal Opinion
We closed borders to strengthen economy, security – Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has stated that the partial closure of the country’s land borders is meant to strengthen itsRead More…
Nigeria’s public debt grows to N26.215 trillion
From the N12.118trillion level of indebtedness at takeover by June 2015, the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has grown NigeriaRead More…
N1.6 billion voted for Customs recruitment is a fraud- says Senator
There is a groundswell of allegations of fraud of N1.6 billion purportedly allocated for recruitment of less than 3,500 customs operatives even as thRead More…
Turkey’s Wikipedia ban ends after almost three years
Turkey is restoring access to Wikipedia after a ban that lasted almost three years. The country’s Constitutional Court ruled that the ban violatedRead More…
Kano born Zainab Adam arrested for attempting to sell own baby
A distraught 25-year-old lady, Zainab Adam, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command while attempting to sell her one-month-old infant babRead More…
China’s economic growth hits 30-year low
China’s economy grew last year at the slowest pace in almost three decades. Official figures show that the world’s second largest economy expandedRead More…
Grammy Awards president Deborah Dugan removed 10 days before ceremony
The chief executive of the Recording Academy, which organises the Grammy Awards, has been removed from her position just 10 days before this year’s cRead More…
Angola’s Isabel dos Santos: Africa’s richest woman eyes presidency
Isabel dos Santos is one of the wealthiest women in the world Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, who is embroiled in a huge financial scandal,Read More…
UK renews bid to seize £117m Ibori loot
A British prosecutor on Thursday launched a fresh attempt to confiscate millions of pounds stolen by a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, wRead More…
Human Rights: Edo woman sues DSS, Lebanese businessman for N350m
A Benin, Edo State-based single mother, Ms Odegua Okojie, on Thursday filed a suit against a Lebanese businessman, Charles Makhoul, and the DepartmenRead More…