A young man has wept in a Melbourne court after pleading guilty to supplying GHB to a 13-year-old girl who died of an overdose after taking the drug. Alesha Fernando became unresponsive and later died in hospital in June 2017…
Ghana closes 400 Nigerian businesses
More than 400 businesses owned by Nigerians have been closed by authorities in Ghana, sparking a protest by owners who have issued a week ultimatum within which to resolve the surrounding the maltreatment of Nigerian business community in Ghana. Association…
The painful exit of Kemi Adeosun (Sun)
Until Friday, September 14, 2018, Folakemi Adeosun (née Oguntomoju), was Nigeria’s erudite and piquant-witted Minister of Finance. Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (as she is popularly known) is as mannerly, almost inimitably brilliant, talking as though she once kissed the proverbial Blarney…
Buhari sends Fayemi to woo Omisore for rerun poll (Punch)
The Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, visited the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, in Ile Ife to woo him ahead of the rerun holding in seven polling units in four local…
NLC declares indefinite warning strike over minimum wage (PremiumTimes) *Aisha Buhari speaks on detention of own ADC accused of fraud (PremiumTimes)
NLC declares indefinite warning strike over minimum wage (PremiumTimes) The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the starting of an indefinite warning strike to press the Buhari administration to adopt a new minimum wage for workers. The strike will start…
Court nullifies removal of Imo deputy governor, Eze Madumere (PremiumTimes)
An Imo State High Court has nullified the removal from office of the Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, Channels Television reports. Mr Madumere was removed controversially from office by Imo State House of Assembly members over a political dispute…
Court summons senator over alleged N200m dud cheque (PremiumTimes)
A Kubwa Grade 1 area court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered a public summon to be published against a Nigerian senator, Hope Uzodinma, accused of issuing N200 million dud cheque. Mr Uzodinma, representing Imo-West; Smiec Engineering and Chemical Construction Company; Niger…
ICC has ‘no legitimacy’, Trump tells UN (Punch) *Court Adjourns Certificate Forgery Suit against Adeleke Indefinitely (ThisDay)
ICC has ‘no legitimacy’, Trump tells UN (Punch) US President Donald Trump used a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to accuse the International Criminal Court of lacking any legitimacy, saying it violated “all principles of justice.”…
How lawyers forged court judgments to become SAN – CJN
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen has disclosed how some desperate lawyers forged court judgments to meet up with the qualification for the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Although Justice Onnoghen did not…