THE Supreme Court, yesterday, struck out interlocutory appeals that sought to void leave granted to Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, to query the high court judgement that nearly barred him from participating in tomorrow’s Ondo governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday described the late literary icon and foremost industrialist, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi as one of the founding fathers of modern day Lagos, who offered selfless service to the state and the nation.

”WHEN beggars die, there are no comets heard, the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes”. This quote from William Shakespeare aptly captures the reaction of many of those who knew Rasheed Gbadamosi in his lifetime

Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifiers wins over Zambia and Algeria have catapulted Nigeria 10 places up in the November rankings released yesterday by FIFA, the world’s soccer governing body and the players are excited about it.

Many people – myself included – are still dazed by Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Very few saw it coming; and A LOT of time is being invested – in America and globally – in analyses of the “shocking” result, as journalists, pundits, pollsters and non-professional observers of all nationalities try to make sense of it.

THE Niger Delta Ministers Peace Forum, NDMPF, yesterday, condemned the cold-blooded murder of four members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Tuesday, in Rivers State by unknown gunmen.

Indications emerged yesterday that the Augusta AW101 Helicopter recently released from the Presidential fleet to the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has crashed in Makurdi.

For allegedly robbing some Chinese of N6 million worth of goods and cash, six persons, including a police officer, were, yesterday, remanded at Kirikiri Prison by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court.

SENATE President, Bukola Saraki has said that the Senate was tired of having appropriation bills passed into law without full implementation.

NEVER in the 40-year history of Ondo state had an election elicited so much anxiety and uncertainty to the extent that the electorate are totally confused about who to vote for in tomorrow’s vote. It’s unprecedented. What the people of Ondo will decide tomorrow is unclear.

Prof. Ben Ayade, a lawyer and Governor of Cross River State is a Professor of Environmental Sciences. He had led a delegation of some governors from Africa to participate in a Climate Change Summit   in Paris, France. He was privileged to be the only African governor that spoke at the summit. He discussed how […]

By Onozure Dania Proper training for  judges in understanding the intricacies of arbitral matters to avoid errors in conflict resolution has been emphasised. The call became necessary at a time people are complaining about court congestions and they are yearning to embrace arbitration as an alternative means of resolving conflicts. Already several of the cases […]

The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has threatened to wield the big stick against corrupt judicial officers across the federation.
“Let me seize this opportunity to remind us that as Ministers in the Temple of Justice, we must shun all corrupt practices in order to align ourselves with the anti-corruption strides of the current administration”, Justice Onnoghen stated at his first official function.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has absolved striker Alex Iwobi of blame after he scored an own goal in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with PSG in the Uefa Champions League .