Objective Assessment of CBN’s Report Card Under Emefiele

Mohamed El-Erian, who served as chair of President Obama’s Global Development Council in his book: “The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse,” highlighted challenges that confront central banks globally. In our local experience, it will be wrong if we fail to acknowledge the critically important role played by the…

April 30, 201912Comments

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Lifestyle

Meghan Markle’s Mom Inspired Jasmine Guillory’s New Romance Novel, Royal Holiday

The story of a 50-something single mom finding love in the palace? Yes, please! By Arianna Davis Jasmine Guillory is officially the reigning queen of contemporary romance novels. Her 2018 debut, The Wedding Date, was an instant hit, and her follow-up later that year, The Proposal, is now a New York Times bestseller and was the…

April 30, 20190Comments

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Opinion

What Ails Chris Ngige?

By Louis Odion The one we knew was the petite David who turned the table against the Goliath of infernal godfathers in Anambra. They thought they had his hands tied with a dark oath at the Okija altar. He would be slave on the throne to slimy Chris Uba who had availed him the use…

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News

Abuja clubs raid: 72 Rights Groups denounce assault on women by FCT Officials

… threaten court action The recent raid, humiliation and sexual harassment of over 100 women by officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Team has been strongly condemned by over 72 women organisations, activists, Scholars, Civil Society and Human Rights Organisations in Nigeria. Insisting that the trial, sentencing and conviction of several amongst these women by a mobile…

April 30, 20190Comments

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News

Senior Advocate charges lawyers, others to heighten activism against non-women friendly cultural practices

By Lillian Okenwa A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Ogwu James Onoja has called on judges, lawyers, women groups and non-governmental organizations to step up activism, enlightenment and vigilance against cultural practices affecting women. Delivering a paper titled: Women and Traditional Inheritance: A Constitutional Analysis, in Abuja, Onoja disclosed that: “Section 42(2) of the 1999 Constitution forthrightly…

April 16, 20190Comments

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Sound health

Bill Gates Foundation berates FG’s poor healthcare funding

Commits $2m to Nigeria’s basic healthcare fund The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have upbraided federal government’s funding of healthcare system in the country urging that more resources be channelled to the tertiary and secondary health levels. While annual healthcare provision for an individual in the United States is $10,000, it is a mere $6 in Nigeria. Only four percent…

April 11, 20190Comments

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Opinion

No Governor’s consent? No problem

By Stephen Azubuike The issue of obtaining Governor’s consent to land transactions in Nigeria has been the subject of many cases before the courts. In fact, Nigerian Real Property Law is replete with case law on the point. The requirement of Governor’s consent is statutorily provided for under Section 22(1) of the Land Use…

April 10, 201931Comments

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TIPS

7 Things you must do to get the best out of you lawyer

By Stephen Azubuike 1. Make sure you instruct your lawyer in writing. A lawyer is naturally expected to act only on a client’s definite and legitimate instruction. This instruction may be oral or in written form. It is however advisable to instruct your lawyer in writing. By this, you will never lose sight of…

April 10, 20190Comments

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TIPS

Must arrested suspect be allowed to meet lawyer in all cases?

Daily Law Tips (Tip 306) By Onyekachi Umah No matter the type/kind of case, an arrested suspect is believed to have committed or the status of the person that reported an arrested person or the security agency that arrested a suspect, an arrested suspect MUST be allowed to seek and receive legal advice from any lawyer of his choice. No…

April 10, 20190Comments

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TIPS

Is human trafficking with consent of victim an offence in Nigeria?

Daily Law Tips (Tip 307) By Onyekachi Umah Human trafficking is an offence in Nigeria. Even where the consent of a victim of human trafficking was obtained, it is still an offence so far as there was an intention and actual performance of crime. My authorities are sections 13(5) and 83 of the Trafficking in…

April 10, 20190Comments

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