Day: October 1, 2023

A new manual for judicial officers concerning African common law, aimed at judges, lawyers, and law students, has been launched by a Court of Appeal judge and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles.“A Practical Approach to Evidence fo…

A Nigerian author and novelist, Gbenga Sokefun, has called on African leaders to beam searchlight on human trafficking of the male child.Sokefun, the author of a fiction, “Adigun”, in a release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sun…

Since the attainment of independence 63 years ago, Nigeria has been battling with development issues, despite its natural endowment in human and material resources.Several strategies by successive civilian and military administrations have met with li…

In every profession the practitioners are bound to make mistakes. A tailor, out of negligence, may make a mistake while cutting materials same as a plumber while fixing the pipes.However, while some mistakes and negligence in some professions can be t…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Saturday donated a N30 million ICT centre to the Richard George Foundation (RGF).The Director- General, NITDA, Mr Kashifu Abdullahi made the donation at the formal inauguration of Gala…

The Zamfara Chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called on the workers in the state to unanimously join the planned nationwide industrial action as directed by the national headquarters of the two bodies.T…

The University of Benin says some fraud syndicates have been arrested over admission racketeering.The university announced this in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, on Sunday in Benin.According to her, members of the s…

A civil society organisation, Women Professional Alliances (NWPA), has thrown its weight behind the reform agenda of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein.The Spokesperson for the group, Mrs Christine Ezekwe, stated thi…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday served as the Special Guest of Honour at the change of Guards of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The event was part of the 63rd Independence Anniversary with the theme “Nigeria @63, Renewed Hope for Unity and Prosperity…

President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months.Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on S…

Ilebaye Odiniya has emerged winner of the Big Brother Naija “All Star” reality show.She defeated other housemates to clinch the N120 million cash prize at slake during the finale of the show on Sunday in Lagos.Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, …