Well, it’s on record that Muhammad Babandede has served his statutory two terms and illegally added almost a year more as Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, well I would say he has done his best. His tenure means different thing to a whole lot of people, with divergent opinions.
You will recall that…
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By Chief Mike Oxekhome., SAN
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, has just ruled that both parties maintained the status quo in an appeal filed by the FIRS against the judgement of the FHC, Port Harcourt, validating the Rivers State law that empowered Rivers State Government to collect VAT, as against the FIRS that had…
Nollywood actress, Georgina Onuoha, has pleaded with parents caught up in public marital battles to desist from posting DNA test results on social media platforms with children’s name on it.
The actress made this appeal on her Instagram page, hours after popular radio presenter Chinedu Ani, a.k.a, Nedu, of Wazobia FM, alleged that the first…
A Calabar-based lawyer Samuel Udoh, has alleged that some police officers rudely invaded the Magistrate Court, at Oruk Anam, disrupting its activities while the court was in session.
The Facebook user Samuel Udoh who witnessed the incident in court described the actions by the Police officers from the Zonal Headquarters Calabar, as “A Violent RAPE of the…
A former Deputy Defence Adviser in Paris, France, retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi, who alleged islamization of Nigeria under the current adminisation, was denied promotion to the enviable rank of Rear Admiral in the Nigerian Navy despite the fact that he was the most qualified at some point.
The Intelligence Officer who recently in a…
Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja has emerged winner in the Leaders in Law - 2021 Global Awards.
At the conclusion of a rigorous selection process by a United Kingdom (UK) based law firm, Jaja was adjudged “Legislative Drafting and Law Reform Lawyer of the Year in Nigeria.”
Tonye Clinton Jaja, a law lecturer at the National…
A frontline human rights lawyer in Africa, erstwhile chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), policy advisor to global institutions and recently appointed professor of practice by an American University, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, speaks to DARE ADEKANMBI on the perceived lethargy in the activities of civil society groups, ventilates his take on the power…
By Emma Ogbuehi
Contrary to claims by Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma that there is no law forbidding open grazing by herders in the state, facts available to TheNiche, indicate that he is not straight on the matter. In fact, there is an existing law against open grazing of cattle in restricted areas of the state.…
Child's Right And Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) has rescued an 8-year-old boy who was allegedly thrown out of the house by his grandmother in Akwa Ibom.
CRARN, in a statement on Friday, August 27, said that the boy identified as Sunday, from Oron Local Government Area of the state, was almost kidnapped by a woman said to…
Since invading Afghanistan in 2001, the United States has spent $2.313 trillion on the war, which includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Note that this total does not include funds that the United States government is obligated to spend on lifetime care for American veterans of this war, nor does it include future interest payments…