86 years after, Reader’s Digest UK exits the market

The United Kingdom edition of Reader’s Digest is shutting down after 86 years of operation. The magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Eva Mackevic, announced this development on LinkedIn on Monday. Mackevic explained that the magazine, founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Wallace in the US, has been struggling financially Mackevic wrote, “After 86 wonderful years, I…

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For lawyers and Non-lawyers: Watch your clients back

By David Oluwasegun Ogundipe A lawyer of men should know much of life and human nature, he should be a novice in nothing and wide-minded in all things. He may not be a genius, but must be ripe in broad knowledge and general experience. If he is these, and he fails, it will be no…

NBA Abuja Law Week 2024 begins tomorrow with a thanksgiving service

The 2024 Annual Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch, (Unity Bar) themed “DEPLOYING THE LAW TO ATTAIN NATIONAL STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT’’, will commence tomorrow with a thanksgiving service. Chairman of the branch, Afam Okeke has also magnanimously announced that the first 20 members of the branch to attend the church thanksgiving service…

Intimate Affairs: The foolhardy he-goat

By Funke Egbemode A man with the he-goat spirit is a man who does not listen to your advice. It’s not that he does not respect you. It’s just that he respects that thing in-between his legs more. He is not deaf either, he just likes the sonorous voice of his third leg. It is…

Yahaya Bello: Victim or aggressor?

By Prof Mike Ozekhome SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D., D.Litt, D.Sc. INTRODUCTION The nation has been agog with news of the ongoing face-off between the EFCC and the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the others over the (EFCC)’s attempt to arrest Bello in connection with alleged official corruption…

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The Law and You

Courtroom Nuggets: Know Your Judge

By Charity C. Ibezim Aspiring lawyers are often reminded of a crucial courtroom tip: "Know Your Judge." This advice underscores the importance of understanding the idiosyncrasies marking the personality of the judge presiding over a case. It goes beyond mastering legal principles and case facts; it's about anticipating the judge's inclinations to streamline proceedings, save…

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Court holds Customary Law cannot be cloaked with the borrowed robes of Common Law

"Clothing customary law with the borrowed robes of common law and statutory law will rob it of its core essence...", held an upper Customary court in Gwantu, Kaduna State. Adding that so doing will rob it of its core essence, His worship Emmanuel J. Samaila, Esq. on Tuesday, 30th April, 2024, further stated that…

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Kenya appoints first female Air Force head

Kenya’s President William Ruto has appointed the first female commander of the air force. Maj Gen Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed becomes the first woman in Kenya’s history to head one of the military services. She was appointed alongside other leaders including a new head of the armed forces, following the death of the military chief and…

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Insult!: Nigerian nurse recounts how Ghanaian airport officials stopped her from flying to Venezuela, tagging visa obtained in Abuja ‘fraudulent’

A Nigerian woman, Taiwo Awolafolajin has accused officials of the Ghana Immigration Service of preventing her from boarding a flight to Venezuela from Kotoka International Airport with Turkish Airlines “despite having a valid visa” Taiwo, a nurse at the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School, told SaharaReporters that she spent roughly N4 million on…

How 11-year-old Iremide drowned in Ogun hotel swimming pool

Iremide Opeifa, an 11-year-old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at the Grand Bank Link Hotels along Idiroko Road in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the preteen lost his life after the ill-fated venture on Sunday evening. It was gathered that Iremide had finished assisting his mother at her…

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