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Liz Truss vows tax cuts after winning as next British PM 
British Prime Minister-elect, Liz Truss. By Advocatenewsng.com. LIZ Truss will become Britain’s next Prime Minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promised tax cuts and action to tackle a deepening energy and cost of living crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest, Truss, currently the foreign minister and the favourite to win, beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak in a vote of Conservative Party…
Tinubu finally runs with Muslim-Muslim ticket, picks Kashim Shettima as VP candidate
Bola Tinubu and running mate, Kashim Shettima By Advocatenewsng.com. THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, having finally settled for a Muslim-Muslim ticket, on Sunday in Daura said he chose another Muslim, a former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate because he is “competent and reliable”, without addressing the Christian community concern that earlier asked him to take a christian from the North if he wants to become the president of Nigeria…
Tinubu clinches APC presidential ticket, polls 1271 votes to beat Osinbajo, Lawan, Amaechi, 10 others
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC candidate. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE national leader of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has clinched the presidential primary ticket of the party as he polled votes 1271 votes at the end ballot counting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. He was trailed by former Governor of Rivers State and immediate minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who scored 316 votes and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who came third…
President Buhari sends forth ambitious ministers, urges capable one to succeed him
President Buhari (centre) with outgoing ministers at the Council Chambers, Abuja…..today, May 13, 2022. By Advocatenewsng.com. President Muhammadu Buhari met with the outgoing members of his cabinet today, May 13, 2022 who are vying for various electoral offices in next year’s general elections. In a valedictory speech to the nine of them who were present at the Council Chambers, the President thanked them for their contributions to his administration and wished them well in their future political endeavours, adding…
Court strips ICPC’s power to freeze bank account without valid court order
By Editor, Judiciary. A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos last week set a precedent when it said that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) does not possess any legal authority under the Act establishing it, to place a Post No Debit (PND) on any bank account domiciled in a commercial bank without a valid court order. This was the conclusion reached by Justice Peter Lifu while delivering the judgment in a suit filed…
Group faults 2020 legal practitioners bill
The Justice Reform Project, a coalition of Nigerians across the legal profession have expressed concern over a bill proposed by the Body of Benchers to replace the Legal Practitioners Act CAP L11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, aimed to re-enact a new Legal Practitioners Act and to regulate the legal profession. According to the group, the legal profession and its stakeholders are widely ignorant of the far-reaching piece of legislation, which has not been discussed by branches…
Woman loses right to manage husband’s estate for contracting wrong marriage
By Ibe Uwaleke. Ignorance of the law, they say, is not an excuse to fall on the wrong side of it. Our lives are guided by law which helps us to reap full benefits of our day to day activities in our environment and in our relationships with our fellow human beings. If we fail to take advantage of its gains to plan our lives, particularly in marriages, one will regret the dire consequences of such neglect. So the…