Lawyer in trouble for testing Supreme Court’s finality, gets ban, N50m fine
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The extent to which legal practitioners can stretch the provisions of Order 20 Rule 4 of the Supreme Court Rules 2024 became a matter of public discourse recently. This was after the apex court unleashed the sledgehammer against a lawyer it ordered to personally pay a cost of N50 million for bringing […]
Economic hardship: Parents move wards from private to public schools
The economic situation in Nigeria has pushed many families into a tight financial corner and the impact is particularly severe for parents
No union is subordinate to another in Nigerian varsity system — Sunmonu
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, is one of the academic staff unions registered to operate in the Nigerian university system. In this interview by Adesina Wahab, the National President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, speaks on some recent developments in the sector and the effort by the Federal Government to make peace with all the unions. Excerpts: […]
How FG, Labour ended 2-year wage crisis
Labour leaders had earlier issued a February 27 ultimatum demanding the immediate release of funds to settle unpaid wage awards and other allowances
ILO, expert raise red flag over growing youth employment crisis
ILO, has raised serious concerns over what it describes as a deepening youth employment crisis, warning that millions of young people are grappling
A thorny path to the Bar for over 4,000 NOUN Law graduates
The National Assembly amended the National Open University Act (Cap. N6, LFN 1983) in 2017, primarily to align the institution with conventional universities and eliminate discriminatory barriers for its graduates.
