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…

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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…

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…

It’s unconstitutional to fire unmarried pregnant policewomen —Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal Abuja division has set aside Regulations 126 and 127 of the Police Force Regulations which empowers the Nigeria Police Force to terminate the services of an unmarried Police woman who gets pregnant while in service. Declaring the provisions null and void, the Court struck them down on the basis of…

Trump’s media accounting firm charged with ‘massive fraud’

Former US President Donald Trump's Media auditing firm and owner of the firm were charged Friday, May 3, with “massive fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission for work that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the federal regulator announced. The auditor, BF Borgers CPA, and its owner Benjamin Borgers have agreed to be permanently suspended from practising as accountants before…

Alleged Kaduna-Abuja train attack mastermind paraded, police recover 48 AK-47s

The Nigeria police have arrested several criminals terrorising citizens along the Kaduna-Abuja road axis from January 2024 to date, including those who masterminded the attack on Greenfield University and that of Southern Kaduna, where a seminarian and the church were burnt to ashes. Parading the suspects during his visit to Kaduna Police Command on Thursday, Nigeria Police…

You’ve breached your own rules in Justices Enenche, Liman, Akapo and Nwoye’s nominations to Appeal Court—Odinkalu to FJSC

Fiery activist and ex-Chair of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu has accused the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) of breaching its own rules and criteria in the nomination of Court of Appeal justices. This is coming on the heels of recent nominations to the Court of Appeal and Odinkalu's…

Incestuous father rearrested after escaping from Edo prison

Press Release "Today, May 2, 2024, BraveHeart Initiative for Youth & Women welcome the news of the rearrest of Mr. Jacob Alonge, a fugitive who has been on the run for four years. "Mr. Alonge escaped from Nigeria Correctional Services Edo State in October 2020, where he was serving a 21-year sentence for the incestuous…

Lawmakers in Arizona repeal 160-year-old abortion ban

Lawmakers in the United States of America (U.S.A) state of Arizona, on Wednesday repealed the permanent reintroduction of a 160-year-old abortion ban in the U.S. state. The abortion ban first became law when Abraham Lincoln was president and a half-century before women won the right to vote. A bill to repeal the law passed, 16-14,…

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