– Approves 4 Executive Orders President Bola Tinubu has suspended the five percent Excise Tax on telecommunication services and the increase in Excise Duties on domestically produced goods. Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this during a news briefing at the State House, in Abuja. Alake noted […]
The Court of Appeal, in Lagos, has set aside a judgement by Justice Adeniji Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court, and affirmed the rights of Taylor Woodrow Nigeria Ltd, and four others, who sue the Ojora of Ijora, HRM Oba Abdual Fatai Aremu Aromire and Prince Olayiwola Oluwa over a disputed land located at No. […]
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday struck out a suit filed by a lawyer, Chief Abdullai Tony Dania against AIICO Insurance Company, over alleged breach of contract. Justice Yelim Bogoro, in her Judgement, held that the Claimant did not wait for the outcome of his petition to the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, […]
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe and a non-governmental organisation, Speak Out Africa, SOA, have championed a bill, seeking to increase the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME’s results to three years. The proponents, who made the call during an online seminar, on Monday, urged the […]
Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has told the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party, LP counterpart, Peter Obi, that they cannot win the 2023 Presidential election in Court. Primate Ayodele, who also asked the aggrieved candidates to withdraw their cases against President Bola […]
The Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Business Law, NBA-SBL, says all is now set to kick-start its 17th Annual International Business Law Conference, scheduled for between July 5 and 7 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, in Lagos. Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee and Treasurer of the Council, Mrs Ayoyinka Olajide-Awosedo disclosed this at […]
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to continue to show mercy and compassion to one another, as they join the rest of the world in marking the Eid-el-Kabir festivities. The President made the call in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja. He said Nigerians should also thank God for witnessing another Eid festival. “As we […]
– Attributes Performance To Industry Support, Employees Egbin Power Plc, Nigeria’s leading electricity generation company, has announced a record-breaking 1000MW power generation, a feat representing a new peak in a 2-year record. Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mokhtar Bounour, made this known in a statement made available to NigeriaCheck Newspaper on Tuesday, June 27, […]
Vehicles’ owners in Nigeria are now to renew the Proof of Ownership Certificate of their cars annually against the former practice of holding a permanent Ownership Certificate. The Federal Government announced this new policy in a communique issued recently by its Joint Tax Board, following an emergency meeting held recently. Meanwhile, in line with this […]
REPORT OF THE NBA-SPIDEL ELECTORAL COMMITTEE 2023 Distinguished Members, 1. INTRODUCTION I am delighted to present this report on behalf of the 2023 Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL). On behalf of the members of the Committee, I thank NBA-SPIDEL Committee Chairman, Dr. Monday Ubani and […]