Senate rejects nominee for ICPC Chair

Senate rejects nominee for ICPC Chair

The Senate, yesterday, rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s nominee for the chairmanship of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Matters Commission, Justice Pius Olayiwola Aderemi, following a recommendation by its Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption that the nominee will not be able to perform his functions "optimally."
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NASU tackles, Minister, WEAC over Excellence Hotel

NASU tackles, Minister, WEAC over Excellence Hotel

NON-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has expressed worries over the ways and manners the West African Examination Council, W AEC, Management is going about the appointment of a new manager; for the Excellence Hotel, situated in Ogba, Lagos Stat

Union bank: NIC hears  case today

Union bank: NIC hears case today

NATIONAL Industrial Court, NIC, will this morning in Lagos resumed hearing of a case brought before it by the management of Union Bank of Nigeria, UBN, to Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, its affiliates and agents from disrupting the operations of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc nationwide.

Women for change initiative and  leadership challenges

Women for change initiative and leadership challenges

One refers to a recent newspapers report entitled, “Crisis looms in First Lady’s camp”. The said report sadly captured the apparent failure of Women for Change Initiative (WCI), founded by Nigeria’s first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan to motivate women in politics. One of the highlights of the report was the poor showing of women in the just concluded party primaries across the nation

UWC offers scholarship  to Nigerian students

UWC offers scholarship to Nigerian students

Bright and intelligent secondary school graduates in Nigeria especially the indigent ones aspiring to study abroad on scholarship can now heave a sigh of relief as a group known as United World Colleges has released forms for a two year scholarship programme

Salami’s planned elevation to Supreme Court: Politics or policy?

Salami’s planned elevation to Supreme Court: Politics or policy?

When news of the proposed elevation of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, to the bench of the Supreme Court leaked, many Nigerians were not just sure what it meant. Even some lawyers felt it was a normal thing, after all, just like the dream of most practicing lawyers to bag the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, for a judge, unless he or she attains the mandatory retirement age before getting there, the apex court would naturally be where he or she would want to end his or her judicial career

Ikechukwu  Andrew Emueze  holds Art  Exhibition

Ikechukwu Andrew Emueze holds Art Exhibition

One of Nigerian’s foremost artistes, Ikechukwu Andrew Emueze of Foundation for Black Heritage (FOBHE) has scheduled to hold a solo exhibition. The exhibition titled Harvest will be held at Imperial Chinese Restaurant, Victoria Island Lagos from the 1st of April ,2011 till the end of the month

Why we are employing 500  graduates as teachers – Fashola

Why we are employing 500 graduates as teachers – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that the state government’s decision to employ and retrain 500 graduates to teach core subjects was an interventionist policy to create employment and also improve capacity of the children to prepare them for exams

Babcock Varsity, six banks buy vehicles for Police

Babcock Varsity, six banks buy vehicles for Police

THERE was a mix between the community service mandate of universities and corporate social responsibility of private sector companies when Babcock University and six commercial banks jointly financed the purchase of some brand new vehicles for the police to use for enhancing security of the community

Red book on Modern Customary Courts

Red book on Modern Customary Courts

Miakpo Emiaso has courageously blazed a trail by publishing what is doubtlessly the very first full length work on the law, practice and procedure of modern customary courts in Nigeria

Voters registration, last minute rush and our leaders

Voters registration, last minute rush and our leaders

Indeed, the just concluded voters registration exercise has again brought to fore the awkward mentality of our Nigerian leaders and rulers, by always waiting until the last minute before embarking on the implementation of government policies, be they urgent or otherwise. In retrospect, the Federal Government kick-started the process for the registration in a rather clumsy manner in the first place by wasting so much time before replacing the erstwhile chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Maurice Iwu.

Lagos lawyers honour late Baderinwa

Lagos lawyers honour late Baderinwa

Nigerian lawyers, recently honoured late Lagos Branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Erasmus Baderinwa, who was killed by unknown gunmen last December 22. The valedictory session, organised by the Lagos NBA took place at the premises of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, recently.

Delta State Poly Ogawshi-uku confronted by  lack of infrastructure

Delta State Poly Ogawshi-uku confronted by lack of infrastructure

Students of Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-uku are groaning under deficient facilities as they lacked some basic infrastructures required for good teaching and learning, Essentially they have been complaining about difficulty in receiving lectures

Gov Daniel urges  students to acquire trade knowledge…

Gov Daniel urges students to acquire trade knowledge…

WORRIED by the continued increase in joblessness in the country, The Ogun State Governor, Otunba Olugbenga Daniel has advised students of tertiary institutions to learn a trade that would make them self employed