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The sum, which comprised N176,565,016.74 as Value Added Tax from 2010-2017 and N71,987,564.52 as Withholding Tax from 2010-2017, formed the grand total

MPIHDH had in its statement called on the national leadership of NBA to sanction the Warri branch chairman over his account of the alleged invasion of the court

Suspected thugs had invaded the Warri High Court 4, Delta State, on Thursday and disrupted proceedings of a lawsuit filed by one of the Itsekiri princes challenging Prince Emiko’s selection as possible 21st Olu of Warri.

This was contained in a statement by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Rapulu Nduk.

In a copy of a disclaimer made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos, James said he never briefed Ogunlana to be his legal representative.

The committee gave the directive in a memo by its Chairman, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), signed by its Secretary, Bernard Onigah, and addressed to all NBA chairmen and vice-chairmen on Friday.

The governor, who stated this while receiving a delegation of the NBA-SPIDEL at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the state will do what is necessary to support the staging of the NBA-SPIDEL Conference in Ibadan.

PRNigeria gathered that the suspects were arrested by the Special Anti-Kidnap Squad of the FCT Police Command.

The kidnappers were forced to escape after the police responded to a distress call and stormed the area

The gates to the apex court were said to have been locked, leaving workers who intended to resume duties after the Easter holiday stranded

Also, a human rights activist and executive chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, has also vowed to ensure justice for the slain police officer.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the notice of the dismissal was signed by the Chief Registrar, C.N. Okereke, on March 22.

The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by one of his spokesmen, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday.

Dr Omokhua Harrison made the call on behalf of the associations at a press briefing at Doctors House on Monday in Benin.

The virtual training, with the theme: “Access to Justice for Victims and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria,” focused on the human rights violations recorded during and after the #EndSARS protest

The association made the call in a letter signed by the branch Chairman,  Yemi Akangbe and Chairman, NBA Lagos Human Rights Committee, Okey Ilofulunwa, dated October 30.

NBA’s President, Olumide Akpata condemned the act in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

The association warned that the use of life bullets on innocent and harmless citizens will aggravate the already tense atmosphere in the country as occasioned by alleged police brutality.

The suit was filed on their behalf by a consortium of nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria, led by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Augustine Alegeh

The splinter group of the NBA was formed following the controversy that trailed the disinvitation of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to the 60th Annual General Conference of the NBA.