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I’LL REJECT ANY LAW OPPOSING NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION – GOV MAKINDE ON MOVES TO ESTABLISH SHARIAH IN OYO Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the Nigerian Constitution, stating that it will take precedence over Shariah court amid plans by a group to establish one in the state. Speaking in a video seen by SaharaReporters on X, …

LAWYERS’ DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE REJECTS AFE BABALOLA’S REQUEST TO DEBAR DELE FAROTIMI The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a request by Chief Afe Babalola’s law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the law practicing license of lawyer and author Tomilola Farotimi, popularly known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. The petition, submitted by Ola Faro, …

I’VE NEVER LIED AGAINST ANYBODY – FAROTIMI INSISTS ON ALLEGATIONS AGAINST AFE BABALOLA Activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, on Tuesday insisted on the allegations he made against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Afe Babalola, in his controversial book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. Farotimi said he has never lied against anybody in his life, stressing that whatever he said …

IFEPED FELICITATES WITH ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, AT CHRISTMAS The Initiative for Eradication of Poverty and Empowerment of the Disabled (IFEPED) has felicitated with the Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah on the occasion of this year’s Christmas and New Year celebrations. In a release signed by the President of the group, Ugwu Victor Clifford, and Acting Secretary, Gab …

‘IT TOOK THE PRESIDENT 18 MONTHS TO TALK TO NIGERIANS – RUFAI OSENI FIRES TINUBU.Popular journalist, Rufai Oseni, has expressed disappointment with the submissions by President Bola Tinubu during the first presidential media chat by his administration on Monday. Though Oseni acknowledged that the chat in itself was a welcome development, he lamented that it took President Tinubu such a …

HOW I’M FIGHTING CORRUPTION, BY TINUBU President Bola Tinubu said on Monday that his government is committed to fighting corruption, and one way it is doing that is by implementing mechanisms to prevent it from happening. Tinubu mentioned the student loan scheme, an increase in the minimum wage, and the removal of petrol subsidies as efforts to prevent corruption. The …

FG TO ESTABLISHMENT RANCHES IN LAGOS, OGUN, IMO, OTHERS The new Ministry of Livestock Development will this year establish ranches in seven states across the Federation. Checks by revealed that two of the ranches will be in South west states of Lagos and Ogun while another two will be located in Imo and Cross River states in the south east …

ENUGU FLAGS OFF TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR FARMERS ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION In its effort to ensure food security in the state, the Enugu State government, weekend, flagged of the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support, L-PRES, programme on the training of farmers in the state on livestock production. Performing the ceremony at the Master Skills Development and Service Ltd, im Agbani. Nkanu …

DELE FAROTIMI REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER MEETING BAIL CONDITIONS Embattled activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi has regained his freedom after meeting his bail conditions. Disclosing this, activist politician, Omoyele Sowore, said Farotimi is returning to his home in Lagos. Posting on X, Sowore said the embattled activist lawyer was no longer at the prison yards in Ekiti State. He wrote: “I am …

STAMPEDES: HUNGER TURNING TO EPIDEMIC IN NIGERIA – LABOUR PARTY KNOCKS TINUBU GOVT The Labour Party, LP, has called on the federal government to prioritise improving the welfare of Nigerians. The National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, made this call in reaction to the recent stampedes that occurred in the country. Stampedes occurred in Oyo, Anambra, and the …