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Ondo Dep Gov remains in PDP, says party

Agboola Ajayi, Esq, Ondo Dep Gov. By Editor. The rumours making the rounds that the Ondo State deputy governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, a lawyer, has crossed over to join the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) to further his interest, is not true after all, as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has come out clear and clean to deny the rumours flatly, saying that “Agboola Ajayi remains a valuable and respected PDP member”. In a statement issued by the state chapter…

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Virtual LegalTech conference unveils new ecosystem for justice administration in post COVID-19 Nigeria

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. By Editor. As COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies all over the world, there has been an increased pivot in the use and adoption of technology across several industries, where hitherto technology was a mere tool and not a driver of day to day operations. The world as we know it has changed forever and it is imperative that this paradigm shift is accentuated by current realities of how individuals, organisations, institutions…

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NBA president-elect, Akpata vows to fulfill campaign promises

Olumide Akpata, Esq, NBA president-elect. By Editor. The president-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata Esq. has vowed to accomplish every item contained in his campaign manifesto to prove that he meant business to lift the Bar to the next level. In order to show that his manifestos are not empty promises, he has decided to showcase them again so that he can be held accountable for the two years of his tenure. For the avoidance…

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Olumide Akpata wins NBA 2020 presidential election amidst protests

Mr. Olumide Akpata, Esq, President-elect By Editor. 31/7/2020. Mr. Olumide Akpata, a non senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and senior partner at Templars law firm, one of the leading commercial law firms in the country, broke the jinx of a well established tradition of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) leadership for decades, when at the early hours of today the Electoral Committee of NBA (ECNBA), announced him as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. He beat two senior…

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$2.5bn alleged stolen crude: Frank asks Buhari to sack NNPC GMD, Kyari

NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari. By Editor. Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called for the immediate sack of the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engr. Mele Kyari, over his complicity in the alleged $2.5billion stolen crude oil sold in China. An online news platform recently revealed that about 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light Crude, valued at $2.5 billion was stolen, sold in…

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Ondo judiciary partners LawPavilion to implement end-to-end court automation system

Ondo Gov, Mr. Akeredolu, SAN. By Editor. The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about lockdown and social distancing rules which have restricted the day-to-day activities of the Courts and created a new normal for the Judiciary. The Ondo State Judiciary is taking a giant stride, with the aid of technology, to ensure justice delivery is not stalled especially when physical court sittings may not be feasible in the foreseeable future. The recent decisions of the Supreme Court…

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Firm presses disobedience notice of court order against AMCON MD, Ahmed Kuru

AMCON CEO, Kuru. By Editor.  A limited liability company, Global Sterling Products Limited has filed a notice of consequences of the disobedience of court  order against the Managing Director of Assets  Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru and one Lanre Olaoluwa for allegedly disobeying the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos.         The company alleged that the duo of Ahmed Kuru and Lanre Olaoluwa refused to obey  the order of the court restraining the…

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Tension as Keystone Bank, 9Mobile acquisition by AMCON MD’s father-in-law unsettles shareholders

By Editor. Following the controversy generated by the leading opposition party, the People’s Democratic party, PDP, over the alleged acquisition of Keystone Bank and Etisalat (now 9Mobile) by late Alhaji Isa Funtua, the father-in-law of the CEO of Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have ordered probe into the alleged fraud.A highly placed source at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said that the President was thoroughly…

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Unitech Drilling Company objects to winding up petition in court

Drilling equipment. By Editor. 22/7/20.       A Federal high Court in Lagos has adjourned  till October 8, 2020 for hearing the preliminary objection filed by a limited liability company Unitech Drilling company limited against winding up petition filed against the company by an Oil and Gas service provider company, AOS Orwell Limited.        In a petition filed before the court, AOS Orwell Limited, alleged that Unitech Drilling company engaged its services within the period of…

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Why unemployment will continue unabated in Nigeria- Entreprenuer

Nigeria President, Buhari. OPINION. Edited by The Advocate News. Here is the pathetic story of a Nigerian entreprenuer who established two businesses in the country but got frustrated almost to the point of closing them due to the attitude of his workers. His experience gives credence why a number of companies and small scale enterprises collapse after inceptions. Find out why! “I run a manufacturing business and a trading business. The biggest challenge in my manufacturing business is not power…

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