September 2020 – The Advocate News

All hail NLC, TUC as FG holds ace

September 28, 2020

Labour. By Editor-in-chief.Maturity as Edward A. Strecker postulated, is a quality of personality made up of elements like reliability and persistence to carry out a goal in the face of difficulties and achieve set results. It is stick-to-itiveness, the ability to stick to a job (or struggle), to work on it and to struggle through it until it is finished, or until one has given all one has in the endeavour. To support this position of Strecker, an ancient…

Nationwide labour strike: Judiciary, Aviation sectors, others join action to shut down Nigeria today

September 28, 2020

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| Politics, Slider, Sportlight

President Buhari. By Editor-in-chief.Where a government founded on the pillars of the rule of law under known principles of democracy, decides to abandon the constituents that make up the country and pursues its own agenda for whatever reasons it deems fit, the same government should not turn around to blame the people for flouting laws and disobeying constituted authorities, if the people decide to express themselves in their own way to drive their message home to the political leaders…

NBA president, Akpata in Kano, meets with Grand Khadi, affirms constitutional right of Aminu to appeal death sentence

September 26, 2020

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| Human right, Judiciary, Slider, Sportlight

Mr. Akpata Esq. By Editor-in-chief. One of the earliest philosophers and Marxists in world history, Channing, once wrote: “The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who is calmest in storms, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is the most unfaltering”. It is with this bold heart and step that the newly inaugurated president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata…

Islamic jihadists attack Borno gov’s convoy in Baga, kill 15 soldiers, policemen, others

September 26, 2020

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Jihadists. By Editor. Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the Borno State governor in restive Northeast Nigeria, three security said. Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno governor, Babagana Umaru Zulum near the town of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad. The insurgents opened fire with…

NBA in focus: Agenda for the new Exco (3)

September 22, 2020

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Mr. Adegboruwa, SAN. OPINION By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.Things are gradually settling down for the new Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association, save for some hiccups here and there. It is gratifying that the President and his team seem to have hit the ground running. They were involved in the rescue of the Kano singer sentenced to death, the release of Uyi Obayagbona, Esq and a number of other activities which have indicated some willingness to act. The meeting with…