Lawyers in Nigeria have scaled up the push for the decriminalisation of petty offences in the country to curb unwarranted imprisonment of poor and indigent citizens over minor issues.
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Uboh-Idris made the claim at a news conference in Abuja Wednesday to clear the air over issues that surrounded the shoddy organisation of the event
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced this at a news conference in Geneva at the conclusion of a two-day research and innovation forum on COVID-19
Sowore and Bakare, however, pleaded not guilty to the amended two-count charge brought against them by the office of the Attorney General for the Federation and Minister of Justice
Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Thursday at the maiden edition of the Ecobank Agribusiness Summit in Lagos
Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker of the House, read the Governor’s letter during plenary in Abeokuta
The anti-graft agency alleged that they bribed the electoral body’s staff in the 17 Local Government Areas of the state during the 2015 general elections
Afam Osigwe, counsel to Maina, who pleaded with the judge during the proceeding, said securing a senator to stand as surety had become a difficult task for his client
Justice Ejembi Eko, who delivered the lead judgment, reinstated the November 12, 2019 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja that disqualified Degi-Eremieoyo from participating in the governorship poll
Abiodun made the call when members of the Senate Committee on Works, led by its Chairman, Senator Adamu Aliero, paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday in Abeokuta
The President noted that the highlife maestro, known for his mastery of the trumpet, brought joy and delight to people across generations, with his songs, which were both entertaining and didactic
The meeting discussed the legal framework for the security outfit
Residents on both sides of the road along the airport expressway publicly expressed their disapproval by booing the convoy, shouting in Hausa: “Ba ma so, Ba Ma yi,” which roughly translates: “We don’t like it, we won’t do it.”
This was as the full names of the two Nigerians and their areas of origin in Imo State emerged
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs has given recognition to the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission headed by Dr. Joy Nunieh.
The Federal Executive Council has approved the appointment of a lead consultant for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
The Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has said a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with no registration number on Wednesday got burnt at Nkpor area in Onitsha.
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Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s condolence visit to Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday over the killing on Sunday of 30 persons at Auno village on the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway, Boko Haram has again struck in the state.
No fewer than 21 persons have been feared killed by bandits in Bakali village in Fatika District, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.