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Dr Ogbonnaya Onu: One death too many

Late Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, ex-presidential aspirant of APC, 2023, former governor of old Abia State and a one-time minister of Science and Technology. TRIBUTE: By Prof. Mike Ozekhome. I prefer celebrating people while alive. I have done this for decades. I will continue to celebrate the living. The dead hears no tributes or eulogies. Where death however steals a match on us, clanging its filthy manacles as a hideous monster, we must conquer and mock it by remembering our…

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Akpabio:”Repositioning the justice system: Constitutional, statutory and operational reforms for access, efficiency”

STAKEHOLDERS’ NATIONAL SUMMIT ON JUSTICE. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, CON, delivering his speech yesterday at the ongoing two-day National Summit on Justice holding at Abuja. Senate President and Chairman of Nigeria’s National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON, yesterday delivered a goodwill message at the ongoing two-day National Summit on Justice holding at the nation’s capital, Abuja where he made far-reaching recommendations on how the justice sector and justice delivery can be strengthened as critical components of Nigeria’s national justice…

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Govt registers Courier Services Trade Union

From left: Comrade Festus Oluwatuyi, President, Courier and Logistics Services Staff Association of Nigeria, Mr Amos Falonipe, Registrar of Trade Unions, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and Comrade Emeka Ekeh, General Secretary Courier and Logistics Services Staff Association of Nigeria CALSSAN at the ceremonial certificate collection 16th April, 2024 at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment Headquarters, Abuja. By Advocatenewsng.com THE Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment has officially granted the request…

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Delborough Lagos hosts societal panjandrum

PHOTO NEWS: By Advocatenewsng.com At a recent event organised in Lagos by Delborough, the cream of the society from within and outside the country were there to grace the occasion. The roll call of some of the dignitaries who were there include: Prof Mike Ozekhome,SAN, CON, OFR, former President of Ghana, John Mahama; former President of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama; founder of Delborough, Dr Stanley Uzochukwu (Stanel); international gospel artist, singer and founder, Spotlite Nation, Moses Bliss Uyoh…

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Emefiele to spend more days in EFCC custody, as public holiday steals court’s date on bail verdict

Ex-CBN Governor, Mr. Emefiele. By Advocatenewsng.com A Lagos Special Offences Court, sitting before Justice Rahman Oshodi at Ikeja Judicial Division, Lagos will not today deliver its ruling on the bail application moved last Monday by Mr. Abdulhakeem Labi Lawal, counsel to former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. This is because Thursday, April 11, 2024 originally scheduled for the ruling on the bail application by the court was unknowingly subsumed by the Nigerian Government, after it extended…

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Ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi asks Oasis Magazine to retract, tender public apology over defamatory publication

Dr. Akpobolokemi, ex-NIMASA DG. By Advocatenewsng.com A former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi has demanded a retraction and unreserved apology from the publisher of OASIS Magazine, Daniel Dafe and one Jackson Ude over alleged malicious and defamatory publication against his person. Dafe had on Thursday, March 21, 2024, through his online magazine, Oasis Magazine alleged that, the former NIMASA DG was a promoter of communal and tribal war between Okoloba and…

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Court fixes April 29 to arraign two lawyers, businessman over forgery, damage to property

Barr Owolabi. By Advocatenewsng.com A Lagos High Court sitting before Justice S.I. Sonaike at Tafawa Balewa Squire (TBS) Lagos, has fixed April 29, 2024 for the arraignment of two lawyers, Ademola Owolabi, the managing partner of Ademola Adetokunbo & Co., and Adebayo Akeju, a partner in a law firm called Adon Partners, Lagos, including a real estate developer, Alex Ochonogor.   Ochonogor is the owner and managing director of Bluecrest Homes Limited, where Owolabi is also the company secretary….

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Shock, disbelief greet Jose Mourinho’s appointment as Nigeria’s Super Eagles head coach

By Advocatenewsng.com IT was indeed a sudden turn of events, as one of Europe’s best football managers and controversial tactician, Jose Mourinho has been allegedly granted a provisional appointment by Nigeria’s football body, the NFF,  Nigeria  Football  Federation to manage the Super  Eagles of Nigeria  after the  interim  head  coach,  Finidi  George wasn’t found good enough by the same NFF executive. The  Portuguese  manager  has  just  touched  down  the  Lagos  International  Airport  for  contract  signing  and  will  resume  office …

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BREAKING: Govt increases citizens’ pains, raises electricity tariff for customers enjoying 20-hour power supply

NERC Network. By Advocatenewsng.com THE government at the centre through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC} has officially approved an increase in electricity tariff  for customers under the Band A classification, thereby burdening the people the more with financial pains. The Vice Chairman, NERC, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see the customers paying N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66. PUNCH Online notes that customers under Band A are those who enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply…

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Govt romances Gumi, asks him to reveal bandits’ activities

Sheikh Gumi. Advocatenewsng.com THE Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja. Idris said Gumi is not above the law, noting that the government has deemed it necessary to invite him for questioning. The media report that the cleric offered to dialogue…

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