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A coalition of civil society organisations has written to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), asking him to mount pressure on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to withdraw all the criminal charges filed against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. The groups also asked the NBA to undertake disciplinary action against Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun for judicial rascality and professional misconduct as a member of the NBA. The groups also demanded that the NBA must take disciplinary action…

Bible Verses: Isaiah 9:6 – “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Luke 2:10-11 – “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.’” Romans 15:13 – “May…

Son of late defunct Head Of State of Biafra Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Jr has joined the clamor for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu insisting that it would go a long way to checkmate the avalanche of insecurity cases in the South East. Ojukwu who spoke to reporters on Friday also dismissed allegations of conspiracy of silence against the South East Governor’s over the fate of Kanu contending that the governor’s are taking their time to ensure the release of the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra IPOB. “There…

Quidquid bonum, quidquid pulchrum, quidquid honestrum, dignum laude est. (Whatever is good, whatever is beautiful, whatever is honorable, is Worthy of praise).   We have every cause to shout “EUREKA”, which is a Greek word that means, ” I have found it, or I have discovered it”. This famous exclamation, made by the ancient Greek mathematician and Engineer, Archimedes, when he discovered the principle of buoyancy while taking his birth, jumped out of the bathtub and ran naked through the streets shouting “EUREKA”, to share his excitement with the world.…

Quidquid bonum, quidquid pulchrum, quidquid honestrum, dignum laude est. (Whatever is good, whatever is beautiful, whatever is honorable, is Worthy of praise). We have every cause to shout “EUREKA”, which is a Greek word that means, ” I have found it, or I have discovered it”. This famous exclamation, made by the ancient Greek mathematician and Engineer, Archimedes, when he discovered the principle of buoyancy while taking his birth, jumped out of the bathtub and ran naked through the streets shouting “EUREKA”, to share his excitement with the world. Today,…

Renowned public policy expert and former Nigerian Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has strongly criticized the  nation’s political leadership, accusing them of undermining the democratic  principle of separation of powers among the three arms of government. In a tweet posted on her official handle, Ezekwesili highlighted what she described as a growing collaboration between the judiciary, legislature, and executive arms of government to erode democratic principles. “Back-to-back, the minority population of public leaders of our Judiciary and their counterparts at the National Assembly are daily collaborating with the Executive Government…

ABUJA: Soldiers reportedly acting on the orders of an army general on Wednesday attacked development control officials who were in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, to remove some illegal structures in the area. The officials were in the area to remove the fence of a building on Plot 416 said to belong to one Major General. An official of the department narrated their ordeal this way; “During this operation, there was an incident that happened at Plot 416 Sabon Lugbe that belongs a Major General. “When the removal was going on, the…

…Welcomes Iwuagwu as  new  Director.  By Williams Odunze  The Imo State Library Board has marked its end of the year party and  equally  honoured the outgoing Director  with other  retirees of the board  for their immense contributions towards the growth  of  the establishment. In a  welcome address, the new Director of the library, Dr. Pauline l.Iwuagwu said that it is with immense pleasure that she welcomed all the guests, especially, the retiring senior colleagues of the board for their meritorious services while in active service. She disclosed  that, the  event…