Polls Shift: Govt should not toy with Nigerians’ sensibilities — Bankole

Polls Shift: Govt should not toy with Nigerians’ sensibilities — Bankole

Professor Bankole Sodipo is a lawyer of international repute and a don. He is a Dean, School of Law and Security Studies, Babcock University, BU, Nigeria. He was a member of the committee that drafted the Copyright Act of 1988. In this interview, he spoke on the postponed February general elections, judiciary, legal education and other related issues.
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Accurate national register of voters panacea for free, fair polls

Accurate national register of voters panacea for free, fair polls

We have insisted that the Nigeria’s National Register of Voters; Nigeria’s ground foundation for its democratic elections, is grossly tainted and sectionalized under the midwifery of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC headed by Prof Attahiru Jega.

Court invalidates estate surveyors expulsions

Court invalidates estate surveyors expulsions

Justice Evelyn Anyadike sitting in a Kaduna Federal High Court has declared as null and void the five-year-old expulsion of Emmanuel Osita Okoli and Daramola Olutoye from the Registered Trustees of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, on ground that the institute did not followed due process.

How to grow small businesses

How to grow small businesses

ALL entrepreneurs desire business growth but most don’t know how. It is one thing to start a business but growing a business is where the real challenge lies. The big question is how do you grow a small business with little or no money?

Misappropriation of public fund: Ebonyi House summon Elechi, son, LP gov candidate

Misappropriation of public fund: Ebonyi House summon Elechi, son, LP gov candidate

EBONYI State House of Assembly, yesterday summoned Governor Martin Elechi, his son, Onyekachi Elechi, Labour Party, LP, Governorship candidate, Sir Edward Ekwegu, and some other government officials to answer questions of alleged misappropriation of public funds since the commencement of the present administration.

CIS, ICAN, NBA sign 5-year economic development pact

CIS, ICAN, NBA sign 5-year economic development pact

The Presidents of three major professional bodies, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have signed a five-year collaboration agreement for overall development of Nigeria’s socio-economic life.

Lagos govt opts to retain death penalty

Lagos govt opts to retain death penalty

Lagos—Lagos State government, yesterday, said it would retain the death penalty in the state’s common law to serve as deterrence against violent crimes, such as murder and armed robbery.

Ex-lawmakers in Niger decry politicians’ unguarded statements

Ex-lawmakers in Niger decry politicians’ unguarded statements

The forum of former National Assembly Members, Niger State chapter has expressed fears over the utterances of some politicians especially elder statesmen in the country which it observed were capable of destabilising the country at this sensitive period of national development.

Ogun LP Senatorial candidate dies

Ogun LP Senatorial candidate dies

ABEOKUTA—A candidate of the Labour Party in Ogun West senatorial district, Professor Solomon Olamilekan, has reportedly died mysteriously.

APC accuses PDP of economic sabotage in Enugu

APC accuses PDP of economic sabotage in Enugu

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has accused Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu State chapter, of deliberate efforts at sabotaging the growth of indigenous businesses operating in the state.

PDP, Wike deny involvement in shooting at Rivers APC rally

PDP, Wike deny involvement in shooting at Rivers APC rally

Rivers State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate, Mr Nyesom Wike, have denied involvement in the shooting at the campaign ground of the state All Progressives Congress, APC, in Okrika.

Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Imo

Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Imo

OWERRI—The third rain of the year, yesterday, visited parts of Imo State with flooding, destroying property worth millions of Naira in the process.

Immigration deports 82 illegal aliens

Immigration deports 82 illegal aliens

In an apparent move to checkmate aliens from voting in the forthcoming general elections, the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, last weekend raided parts of Lagos, arresting 82 illegal immigrants.