The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the President’s role inciting last week’s riot at the US Capitol. The House voted 232 to 197 to impeach Trump exactly one week after rioters forced lawmakers to flee from the very chamber in

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to the cries of Nigerians over the security situation in the country. CBCN President, Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, who stated this while speaking at the funeral of Emeritus Bishop of Orlu Diocese, the Most Revd. Gregory Ochiaga, said Buhari must not ignore

Nigeria’s federal government has approved the posting of new Ambassador-Designates to Nigerian mssions abroad. The posting of a total of 95 ambassadors was given a nod in the latest approval. The approval was communicated in a press release. No: MFA/PR/2021/04 on Tuesday by tthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja. The press release signed by the

Vice President Mike Pence told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday that he is opposed to invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office after Trump’s supporters laid siege to the US Capitol last week. “I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest

ONIMAS (NIG.) LTD v. NZE BERNARD CHIGBU: On whether the court can rectify/modify contract voluntarily entered into by the parties-: An insight into the Supreme Court landmark decision. CITATION: [2020]6 NWLR PT.1720 AT 237. Courtesy: Moruff O. Balogun Esq. Summary of Facts: The respondent was the landlord of the appellant. He granted to the appellant,

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday restrained the federal government from taking further steps in the appointment of consultants that will monitor projects the repatriated $311 million Abacha loot is being channeled into. Justice Ekwo halted the appointment process while delivering ruling in an application brought by a PPP Advisories

The court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital has sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad. Maduabuchi was sentenced for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. Trooper Maduabuchi was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno State

The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 on Tuesday said schools across the country will resume on Monday, January 18, 2021 pending the review by the federal government. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had on Monday said the federal government would review the resumption date of schools as a result of rising cases of Coronavirus. “On the

74-year-old Zimbabwean lawyer and Chairman and Senior Partner of Scanlen and Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has emerged as the new President of the International Bar Association, IBA.  With his emergence, Moyo becomes the first IBA President of African descent, succeeding outgone President, Horacio Bernardes Neto, from Brasil. The septuagenarian will oversee a two-year tenure that will

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has written the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, over alleged mischief of INEC in court cases on the just concluded by- election for Cross River North senatorial district. INEC had declared Senator Stephen Odeh of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)