The discipline was very high. Lawyers get away with murders these days, because issue of discipline is not properly handled. I was a member of the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for several years. Petitions we received against some lawyers are dirty ones.

By Awa Kalu A Bridge too far’; That certainly is the title of the star studded movie shot in the eighties but based on the Second World War. The weight and calibre of the stars in that movie reminds me of the calibre of the ‘’stars’’ in the imaginary movie arising from the Yar’Adua and […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige Mr Emmanuel Obot,  the former aide to ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Chief Victor Attah, is on the run. Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after him. EFCC is investigating Obot over his claims in the assets declaration forms he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau in […]

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Mr Chimemma Okolo, is a lawyer and editor of a law report, Superior Courts Law Reports of Nigeria(SCLR). In this interview, he talked about the reasons why  government must expedite action on the utilization of the country’s gas deposit. Also, he highlighted government’s neglect of his Ndokwa people of Delta state over […]

By Innocent Anaba The National Human Rights Commission has received the fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kaase Aondoakaa to initiate legal proceedings against a leading Nigerian Bank and a Multinational Construction Company for workplace violations of employee rights. Chief Aondoakaa, who disclosed this in Geneva, when he […]

By Do Idada Ikponmwen Indeed, Article 4 Section 4 of the U.S  constitution provides that “the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) […]

This call came from the NYSC Enugu State coordinator, Alhaji AbdulGani Olota during the Fayrouz pavilion, adding that the Nigerian Breweries Plc is a shining example of a great agent of positive change in the society through its Fayrouz NYSC camp activities across the country.

As a militant group which styled itself Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), flayed the relocation and the approval of N14.5 billion for the Kaduna College, while the people of the Niger Delta are suffering, describing the decision as “evil wicked, condemnable and a representation of the demented, quality of leadership over the contraption called Nigeria.”

Education is in sordid state in the country. The university teachers are now on strike and being joined by the non-academic staff. It means the public universities in the country are not in session. When they call off the strike, which usually last months, the students are given examination to write on what they were not taught.

He added that CILT has the mandate of promoting, developing and coordinating the study and advancement of the science and art of logistics and transport management, explaining that the Institute provides government and the entire society an authoritative view on logistics and transport issues.

The 2009 edition of LIP is on-going now and scores of young Nigerians and students of higher institutions from across the six geo-political zones are being provided the opportunity to acquaint themselves with parliamentary structures and processes, with the objective of preparing them as future parliamentarians or parliamentary support staff.

The Director-General/CEO, EBS, Dr. Remilekun Bakare, in an interactive session, said the institution was incorporated in 2006 and commenced operation in 2007 in order to capitalise on a large and growing demand for academic programmes leading to British awards.

THE Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, has said the Non-Academic Staff of Colleges of Education under the aegis of the Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education of Nigeria (SSUCOEN), is not a registered trade union in the country and therefore advised stakeholders in the sector to ignore the group.

For almost a decade, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the federal government have been at logger heads over an issue; deregulation. Is it time for both to resolve their differences? Who pays the price? Is there a division within the labour movement as reported by some dailies? These are the issues that Labour Vanguard got the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Abdulwaheed Ibrahim Omar to speak on

Telling the story of Sheriff, she said: “One of the children who was reunited with his family – Sherif, left home in 2004 in search of his mother who he thought his father was keeping away from him. His quest took him from his home in Badagry where the father is a tailor to Seme, Oshodi, Obalende, Ojuelegba and finally to Kuramo Beach where he was discovered by the Haven”.