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April 18, 2024 No Responses

FG Warns Against Obstruction Of EFCC From Lawful Duty

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned against obstructing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from carrying out its lawful duty.Fagbemi gave the warning Thursday in a statement released in Abuja.The warning...

February 13, 2024 No Responses

PDP Govs Insist On State Police

State Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation. The governors who spoke in Abuja also decried the free fall...

October 29, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Commissioner Tasks Law Officers To Brace Up For Change

Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN) has charged Law Officers in the Office of the Administrator-General and Public Trustee (AGPT) to brace up for change and challenges towards achieving effective and efficient service del...

June 23, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 122 Suspected Illicit Drug Dealers

Between June 2022 and June 2023, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Enugu State Command, arrested 122 illicit drug dealers. The Acting State Commander, Mr Peter Ogar, said this while briefing Journalists as part of activities to ...

May 11, 2023 No Responses

CJN Harps On Sustained Fight Against Piracy

The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has stated that the judiciary has a role to play in all legal forms of fight against piracy, noting that a...

March 13, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 35, Intercepts Heroin

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 35 persons over alleged trafficking in various illicit drugs and substances. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday explained that operatives, acting on ...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

N5b Libel Suit: Out Of Court Settlement Fails, Court Adjourns To Nov15

THE out-of-court settlement embarked upon by parties in a N5 billion libel suit instituted by the immediate past Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini, has failed in a Benin High Court presided over by Justice Vestee Eboreime ...

July 27, 2022 No Responses

Reps Amend CBN Act To Stop Governor From Partisan Politics

The House of Representatives has passed a bill after the second reading to stop the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from participating in future elections in the country. Rep. Sada Soli, the sponsor of the Bill at...

July 8, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Suspends Guidelines On Safe, Lawful Abortion

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the suspension of the state’s guidelines on safe termination of pregnancy. Prof. Akin Abayomi, state Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.&nb...

February 18, 2022 No Responses

CBN Opposes New Money Laundering Laws

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday kicked against plan by the Senate to enact new anti-money laundering laws without required amendments on the existing Money Laundering ( Prevention ) Act 2011. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made the position.....

November 19, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Signs Climate Change, AMCON Amendment Bills Into Law

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law two bills passed by the National Assembly, including the climate change bill. The now Climate Change Act owes its origin to a bill sponsored by a member of the House of Representatives, Sam...

September 11, 2021 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Signs VAT Bill Into Law

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the state Value Added Tax(VAT) Bill into Law. The State House of Assembly had on Thursday, Sept. 9, passed the bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain...

August 20, 2021 No Responses

VAT Collection: Wike Signs Bill Into Law

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Thursday signed into law the bill on Value Added Tax (VAT) collection in the state. Wike signed the recently passed bill by the Rivers State House of Assembly into law at Government House, Port...

August 17, 2021 No Responses

NEITI: Signing PIB Into Law Historic

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has been described as a historic development, the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, said this...