Babatunde Ogala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and head of the Legal Directorate, Tinubu Campaign Organisation has said that his principal and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu did not break any law with his choice of his Muslim running mate even though he is also a …
Read More »Biden Wants To Scrap Filibuster To Codify Abortion Into Law – Manchin And Sinema Refuse To Budge
President Biden on Thursday called on the Senate to carve out an ‘exception’ to the filibuster as a means to codify abortion rights into law following the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. “The most important thing to be clear about is I believe we have to codify …
Read More »‘Law & Order’ actress Mary Mara dead at 61 after drowning in NY river
American actress Mary Mara is dead. The 61-year-old movie star was found dead on Sunday, June 25, 2022, after a suspected drowning incident while swimming in the St. Lawrence River, according to a New York State Police press release.
Read More »President Biden signs gun control bill into law in wake of deadly mass shootings
US President Joe Biden on Saturday, June 25, signed into law the most significant gun control bill in nearly 30 years less than 24 hours after it passed through Congress. The Democrat signed the bipartisan gun safety bill, which was drafted in the wake of the deadly mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and …
Read More »Law professor laments about the state of Nigeria’s economy after filling her car with N40K diesel
A law professor has taken to Twitter to ask questions about the direction Nigeria is headed in after she spent N40K to put diesel in her car. She explained that as a law professor, she earns N400K a month and has to spend N40K to fuel her car in a week …
Read More »“Nollywood is arguably controlled by women” Mary Remmy Njoku says as she narrates how a law firm refused to let her sign as a guarantor but allowed a male colleague
Mary Remmy Njoku has recounted an incident where a law firm refused to allow her stand as a guarantor for her family member but allowed a male colleague to do so. She explained that the family member needed a guarantor for her rent and she went to the lawyer’s …
Read More »Russian parliament votes to tighten ‘foreign agents’ law
The bill says any person who receives financial or any kind of support from abroad can be designated a ‘foreign agent’. The lower house of Russia’s parliament has given initial approval to a bill further tightening the country’s laws against “foreign agents”, at a time when President Vladimir Putin has …
Read More »Israeli coalition fails to pass bill on upholding settler law
Monday’s vote marks a major setback for the fragile coalition government that could send the country to new elections. The Israeli government has failed to pass a bill that would renew and uphold the legal status of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, marking a significant setback for …
Read More »83m Nigerians to benefit as President Buhari signs national health insurance bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law. The new law which 83 million Nigerians will be benefitting from, repeals the National Health Insurance Scheme Act 2004. Speaking during the signing of the bill, President Buhari said the new law makes provisions …
Read More »Christians in Zamfara benefited from Sharia law when I was Governor – Ahmed Yerima
Former Governor of Zamfara state, Ahmed Yerima has claimed that Christians benefited from the Sharia law he instituted while in power. Yerima who introduced Sharia law in the state in 1999, after which several other states in the north followed suit, made the claim in an interview on Channels Television on …
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