By Joseph Atainyang The recent address of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio during the retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, resonates with a resolute call for optimism and belief in the greatness of the Nigerian nation. The uncommon ...
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Feed SubscriptionSupreme Court Justices Reduced To 10 As Justice Dattijo Bows Out October 27
The number of Justices on the bench of the Supreme Court has been reduced to 10 with the impending retirement from the apex court of Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad on Friday, October 27, 2023. The retirement notice served on the ...
Read More »China To Refinance, Complete Abuja-Kano, PH-Maiduguri Rail Projects As Shettima Meets Xi Jinping
In what could best be described as a major milestone for Nigeria at the ongoing Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China has committed to refinancing and completing the Abuja-Kano and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railway ...
Read More »Global LNG Supply Gap Threatens Energy Transition Plan
…Oil prices crash after U.S-Venezuela deal Global demand for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is likely to prove stronger than expected and the current pipeline of projects appears not to be enough to keep up, according to one of Japan’s top ...
Read More »Nigeria Needs Critical Decisions To Rescue Agencies, Sectors – Varsity Don
A professor of neuroscience and comparative anatomy at the University of Ibadan (UI), James Olukayode Olapade has said that critical decisions are needed to rescue the majority of Nigeria’s national agencies and sectors. The university don in his inaugural lecture ...
Read More »PEPC’s Verdict Flawed Over Non-recognition Of ‘Doctrine Of Legitimate Expectation’, Atiku Tells S’Court
…Says justices exhibited ‘bias’ through uncomplimentary remarks The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is seeking an overturn of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) on the February ...
Read More »Gov Sacks Commissioner For Threatening Tribunal Judges
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has sacked the Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, who threatened judges presiding over the governorship election petitions Tribunal in the state. In a viral video circulated on social media, the sacked ...
Read More »Peter Obi Rejects PEPC Verdict, Heads To Supreme Court
Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), which affirmed the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in ...
Read More »Gabon Coup: Fear Grips African Leaders As Continent Descends Into Dictatorship
The military coup in Gabon has heightened concerns among Africa leaders over the rising wave of seemingly popular but unconstitutionally takeover of power. Although the military takeovers have been in Francophone countries so far, experts who spoke with LEADERSHIP expressed ...
Read More »NBA Tasks AGF On Judicial Reforms
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has tasked the attorney general of the federation and minister of Justice, Later Fagbemi to prioritise reforms in Nigeria’s justice system. The president of the association, Yakubu Maikyau, disclosed this to State House correspondents yesterday ...
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