ORDINARILY, the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court is specified in Section 251(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (CFRN 1999) and Section 7(1) of the Federal High Court Act Cap F12, LFN 2004, which former section...

THE event was organised to address the worrisome manner in which suspects are treated during their arrest or detention at police stations in Nigeria.   It was a training programme for lawyers, with an overall objective of correcting public...

A member of the House of Representatives (Odukpani/Cross River) and erstwhile Nigerian envoy to Ethiopia, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, says Nigerian women can decide their fate if they participate in active politics. She spoke to TUNDE AKINOLA on the...

WITH the inception of democratic governance in the country in 1999, Cross River State was among the few states that instituted democracy at the grassroots level by conducting local government elections, which installed functionaries at that level...

THERE was a ray of hope early last year that the leadership crises in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) were finally over. That was when Chief Chekwas Okorie, APGA’s founder and pioneer national chairman, returned the party’s...

ONE area of disputes among employers of labour and even successful entrepreneurs who have been able to combine academic prowess with intellectual sagacity is the quality and calibre of graduates being produced by Nigeria‘s institutions of higher...

As the second batch of winners in the on-going Legend Real Deal National Consumer Promotion returns to Nigeria today after a three-day shopping spree at Deira City Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria Breweries, the brewer of the...

IN line with its vision to avail Nigerians the benefit of high quality digital television services, MultiChoice Nigeria has launched GOtv in Aba, Abia State on the latest Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-T2) technology. The Digital Terrestrial...

THE need for organisations to be more socially responsible is growing by the day in Nigeria. And some corporate establishments in the country are responding positively to this call in different ways. This is why many organisations that see...

MEDIA Rights Agenda (MRA) has applauded the Nigerian judiciary for its unwavering vindication of the right of citizens to access information under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, saying effective implementation of the Law would ultimately...

Being a speech delivered by Chief Tony Anenih, CFR, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the meeting of selected leaders of the party, on Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Abuja.

I WELCOME each and every one of us to this...

FORMER Solicitor General of Kaduna State under the defunct Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) during the Second Republic and the National Legal Adviser of the party, Mallam Aliyu Umar, spoke to Northern Bureau Chief, SAXONE AKHAINE, on the 14 years of...

Former Kano State Governor and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government Administration, Alhaji Kabir Gaya, an ANPP lawmaker representing Kano South senatorial District, reflects on the 14 years of democracy in Nigeria...

Col. Austin Akobundu (Rtd) is the National Vice Chairman, Southeast Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Chairman, Governing Council, University College, Ibadan. He spoke to LAWRENCE NJOKU in Enugu on the country’s 14 years of...