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WHO IS AFRAID OF OLUMIDE AKPATA? The desperation to kick out Olumide Akpata at all cost from the NBA presidential election [as they did to Mazi Afam Osigwe during the last cycle] is so sickening. It stinks to high heaven!  1. First they said he is not from the West and cannot run for office. That one failed, and the ECNBA cleared the man. 2. They called him all sorts of names for donating palliatives to his NBA branch at the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic, and called for his disqualification because, according to them, this kind gesture (which his detractors never showed their colleagues) was designed to entice lawyers! This failed. 3. They said he is not a SAN and has no litigation experience because the NBA only belongs to awon "My Lord, May I?" Apologies to Lasisi Elenu. Like the ones before it, this propaganda failed. 4. Then, they wrote a terribly insulting letter calling on the Body of SANs to make sure no junior lawyer ("including Mr Akpata who has b

P resident Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Kogi over the death of the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Nasir Ajana. In a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, he said the brilliant legal career of the late justice would remain a reference. The President also commiserated with Ajana’s family, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and Body of Benchers over the demise of the legal luminary. He urged the family and all associates to find comfort in prayers and acceptance of the will of God. According to President Buhari, the late chief judge made a remarkable impact in Kogi, his chosen profession, and community, with clear evidence that his death will create a huge gap in the judiciary. He prayed that God should grant the soul of the departed a peaceful rest.

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said that regardless of what transpires in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu remains a father of the ruling party. Governor Bello stated this while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today . Mr. Bello who was speaking on the recent events within the APC stated that “Bola Tinubu has paid his dues”, adding that “nobody is undermining him”. While noting that Tinubu continues to play a fatherly role, the governor stated that the APC needs the elder statesman.

According to the senator from Abia North breaks silence over the call for his arrest, says " Those calling for my arrest should first go and arrest Fulani herdsmen" The Senator representing Abia North at the Red Chamber, Distinguish Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has break silence, reply those calling for his arrest to first go after Fulani herdsmen It could be recalled that earlier this month, Senator Abaribe granted a media interview where he affirmed to vote for the Sovereignty of Biafra if the need arises and the video was said to have gone viral all over the internet. Since then, the President's media aides had taken to the internet to call for the immediate arrest of Senator Abaribe over that interview, stating that it's against the rules and regulations of Nigeria that a serving Senator should be supporting a group proscribed as terrorist group by the President of the country. Senator Abaribe in reiteration asked them to first of all go after the Hausa Fulani herd

Chief  Barr (Mrs) Victoria O. Awomolo SAN, FCIArb Endorses Joyce Oduah for the Office of the NBA General Secretary According to V.o Awomolo, in her media post ,said that : "Joyce Oduah (Mrs) is well known to the Nigerian Bar affairs. She is an active and responsible Bar woman, who has actively participated both at her Lagos Branch and National Levels since 2000-2002 when she served as 1st Assistant Secretary, Publicity Secretary (2007-2009) and Social Secretary (2009-2011). In 2012-2014 she won election to the position of National Treasurer. I cannot begin to mention the various Committees in which she has served both at her branch and National Levels including being a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) from 2008-2018)".  She is energetic, composed and humble. Joyce is a tested and trusted hardworking and focused woman of integrity. She is now running for the office of National General Secretary. I can vouch for her competence, ability, hardwork, exp

ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State  and Government have passed avote of confidence on Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala by endorsing the former ministry of finance  for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to head the organization for the period of 2021-2025. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in her statement made on her Twitter account,said that The World Trade Organization has an irreplaceable role to play in transforming countries' economic prospects and the lives of people around the world.  And she went further to direct the general public to  click on her op-ed below to see how and why. https://t.co/EwcQA8gLZW The foreign affairs commission, has also thrown praises on the former  minister. According to the media desk of the foreign affairs commission,the state went was made thus: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government have endorsed the candidature of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the pos

Fathers Day To Forget At Ogbunike, Anambra State As Police Arrest Father Who Murdered His 2 Children, Injure His Own Father On a day the world is celebrating father’s day, residents of Azu Ogbunike in Oyi LGA of Anambra State woke up to the horrifying news of the atrocious acts of a certain Mr. Ifeanyi Apusiobi, aged 34 years old who in the early morning of Sunday, 21st June 2020 allegedly ran amok in circumstances Anambra police say are “yet to be ascertained, and attacked two of his biological children namely; Chinecherem Apusiobi (female, 7 years old and Obinna Apusiobi, male, aged 5 years) with a wooden pistle on their heads while they were sleeping”. In a bulletin issued early Sunday morning, SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Anambra State Police Command, said the “suspect equally used same object and injured his father, one Dominic Apusiobi aged 72 years old on the head”.  The police bulletin announced that Police operatives atta