Access Bank Plc has filed petitions against two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) Etigwe Uwa and Babajide Koku before the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) and the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The bank…
*Bed occupancy level in Lagos COVID-19 care centres reduces to 46% (Guardian)*Sanwo-Olu, Fashola canvass investment in abattoir business (Nation)
Bed occupancy level in Lagos COVID-19 care centres reduces to 46% (Guardian) The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the bed occupancy level in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has reduced to 46 per…
Déjà Vu: In tragic vein – Wole Soyinka
I arrived home from external commitments just over a week ago to an extraordinary homecoming gift. It took the form of a movement — sometimes angry, sometimes entrancing, poignant, sometimes strident, certainly robust in expectations but always moving, visionary and…
*Family demands justice over man’s death during Lagos protest (Guardian)*2 ‘killed’, others injured as SUV runs into crowd (Nation)
Family demands justice over man’s death during Lagos protest (Guardian) The family of Ikechukwu Iloamauzor from Amofiabuzor Amokwe in Udi Council of Enugu State, who was killed by a stray bullet during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on Monday, is…
Concerns about CAMA can be addressed by NASS, Osinbajo tells Church leaders
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Church concerns about the recently enacted Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, can be processed through possible amendment of the contentious section of the law through a proposal to the National Assembly. A…
Obi applauds Akpata’s emergence as NBA President, tasks him to reposition association
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his recent election as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), while urging him to draw on his decades…
Anambra congratulates Akpata, new NBA president, other executives
The people and government of Anambra State have congratulated Anthony Olumide Akpata on his election as the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Mr Akpata, former chairman of the NBA Section on Business Law, emerged the 30th NBA…
*Lagos opens boarding houses as schools resume next week *(Nation) How container-laden truck killed my 27-year-old daughter – Mother (Punch)
Lagos opens boarding houses as schools resume next week (Nation) The Lagos State Ministry of Education has approved for its boarding schools to receive SS3 pupils resuming next Monday. In a statement announcing the resumption of schools for SS3 and…
Buhari mourns former Minister of Justice/AGF, Richard Akinjide
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with government and people of Oyo State over the passing of an illustrious son, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, SAN. A State House statement by Special…
*12 rescued, pastor arrested from Lagos ‘torture centre’ (Punch) * Civil society groups, labour urge Sanwo-Olu not to privatise Adiyan, Igbonla water works (Guardian)
12 rescued, pastor arrested from Lagos ‘torture centre’ (Punch) A pastor, Joesph Ojo, has been arrested for allegedly using his church as a rehabilitation centre for mentally ill people, including people suffering from various ailments and those involved in different…
