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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. Abayomi noted that the guidelines...

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...

July 27, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Signs N982.7b Supplementary Budget Into Law

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the N982.7 billion supplementary budget for 2021 into law. The Presidency presented the budget to the National Assembly to address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation. Malam Garba Shehu, the ...

December 9, 2020 No Responses

Man Files N1.5b Suit Against Nigerian Breweries Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

An Abuja-based graduate, Paul Oche, has filed a N1.5 billion suit against Nigerian Breweries Plc over alleged copyright infringement. Oche, in a suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, is claiming a sum of N1...

September 29, 2020 No Responses

Couple, Two Others Arrested Over Alleged Possession Of Human Skull

The Ogun Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested four persons for allegedly being in possession of a human skull. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta o...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

Kaduna Scholarship Board Rejects 63 Law Students Application

Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board has offered N18.5 million scholarship to 27 law students from the state out of the 90 candidates that applied. A statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the board, Malam Hassan Rilwan on Tuesday explai...

July 7, 2020 No Responses

Kaduna Considering Castration, No Bail For Rapists

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai on Monday said the Justice system of the State will no longer grant bail to rapists, just as it is considering castration for convicts. El-Rufai made the remarks when a group of women, advocating for...

June 29, 2020 No Responses

El-Rufai Advocates Drastic Measures To Tackle Rape

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has said that drastic action was needed to tackle rape, including vigorous law enforcement to prosecute rapists. The governor made this known at a virtual meeting organised by the Movement Against Rape ...

June 22, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Begins Prosecution Of Pirates Under New Law This Week

As part of measures to rid waterways of criminalities and reassure the global community that it is getting on top of the security issues in its maritime domain, Nigeria will this week commence the prosecution of suspected pirates under the...

July 10, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Explains Dispute With Switzerland Over Detained Ship

The Federal Government says it has successfully defended its rights in the dispute between the country and Switzerland in an International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). Adetayo Apata, the Solicitor General of the Federation (SGF) and Permanent...