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Afe Babalola’s law firm has written a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, (LPDC) asking it to strike out the name of Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, from legal practitioners in Nigeria for allegedly violating certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers.  The 90-page petition dated December 6, 2024, was signed by a partner in the …

Former South Korean Defense Minister, Kim Yong-hyun has attempted to end his own life while in custody, the head of the country’s correctional service said Wednesday, as a political crisis following President Yoon‘s brief declaration of martial law continues to escalate .   Separately, South Korean police raided the presidential office on Wednesday, as part of a widening investigation into …

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has countered an x user who criticized police officers for stopping and searching a man who recently returned to Nigeria from Canada   The returnee had recorded police officers who stopped to search him. He felt violated and in the video he shared online, he expressed his anger and even …

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has survived an impeachment vote in parliament following his attempt to impose martial law earlier this week. President Yoon has been facing intense pressure to stand down as leader, after his shock bid to declare martial law in South Korea. The failed attempt sparked a fierce backlash. The martial law declaration was overturned by a …

A motion has been launched to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after his failed attempt to impose martial law.   On Tuesday, December 3, the political leader imposed a short-lived martial law order which threw the country into political turmoil.     But just hours later he was forced to back down following a dramatic standoff with his …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has officially signed the Lagos Electricity Bill into law.  The Lagos state Deputy Governor Kadri Hamzat, members of the State assembly, as well as the state executive council members were at the Lagos House Alausa Ikeja for the signing.  This was disclosed by Jubril Gawat, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the …

Seyi Law has been slammed by X users over a tweet he made criticising Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum for his stance on the tax bill.   Zulum had featured as a guest on Sunday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today where he addressed the tax reform bill.   Zulum insisted that if the four tax bills currently undergoing review before the …

Davido has gone to X to hail Belgium for new law that upholds the labour rights as s workers like every other profession.  Belgium became the first country in the world to pass the new law that protects s workers and makes sure they are entitled to maternity leave, sick days, pensions, health insurance, formal employment contract, safety protections and more.  Reacting, …

Sx workers in Belgium can now have job contracts that allows them to be entitled to health insurance, pensions, sick leave, and maternity leave. Belgium is the first country in the world to pass a law to give labour rights to sx workers. The move follows the countrys 2022 decision to decriminalize sx work. Under the new regulations, sx workers will have access …

By now, we all know that the reason Verydarkman (VDM) has been all over your timeline is because of his exposé against Nigerian transwoman Bobrisky—a scathing one at that, back in September 2024, in which Bobrisky, in a voice note, alleged that some unnamed EFCC officers collected ₦15 million from him to drop money laundering charges against him. Bobrisky also …