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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Tuesday, identified delay in justice delivery as a major problem bedevilling the country’s judiciary. Osinbajo, who spoke at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Abuja, decried the pervading level of corruption in the justice sector, even as he called for stiffer sanctions against legal practitioners found culpable in acts of judicial malpractices. While acknowledging alleged lapses on the part of prosecuting agencies, the Vice President, said the judiciary must accept some responsibility for the seeming inability of the federal government to secure appreciable convictions. He headed a special session…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, re-affirmed its order stopping Multichoice Nigeria Limited from proceeding with its decision to increase DSTV subscription tariffs. The court, in a ruling by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, warned that no step should be taken to raise subscription fees for any of the DSTV packages, pending the determination of the suit that was lodged by the Consumer Protection Council, CPC. Justice Dimgba held that the restraining order it issued to that effect on August 20, is still extant and subsisting. “My order is still in force and I am entitled to believe that my…

Shouts for help! Screams of human beings oozed out from the raging inferno. They struggled to run out, no way. They jumped to free themselves from the ferocious fire, no assistance. And after few minutes, the shouts and screams died down. Five living, healthy persons have been burnt beyond recognition. And their charred bodies were later recovered from the rubble. What a gory sight as the victims were pulled out while the smoke was simmering. This was the fate that befell Ebenezer Ato Kessie, a pastor with Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He lost his wife, three children and mother-in-law in a…

An Argentine police woman who won millions of hearts online after she was photographed breastfeeding a neglected infant in her uniform has been promoted. Celeste Ayala was seen breastfeeding a seven-month-old baby, who was rescued along with five other kids from their home. She was hailed by netizens and fellow citizens. Ayala was among a team of officers who took six siblings into state custody in a municipality near Buenos Aires as they were in a miserable condition in their home, The New York Times reported. When the police officials reached the hospital, the youngest among the children was wailing.…

Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc have partnered Dangote Cement to conclude yet another issuance of N50 billion Series 3 and 4 Notes under the recently established Dangote Cement Plc’s N150 billion Commercial Paper, CP programme. Stanbic IBTC Capital is Sole Arranger of the CP programme, and acted as Joint Dealer for the Series 3 and 4 Notes, whilst Stanbic IBTC Bank is the Issuing, Calculation and Paying Agent for all Notes issued under Programme. The Series 3 and 4 Notes will be listed on Nigeria’s FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange. Reflective of Dangote…

Opinion I had the misfortune this morning of wading through a long epistle to the world by Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information on why the Udom Emmanuel administration has left the 4-star Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Ikot Ekpene to rot- three-and-a-half years after the current government in the state came into office. Though the hotel was built by the Godswill Akpabio administration, it belongs to Akwa Ibom government and people. Charles Udoh, information and strategy commissioner, argued with aplomb and vibrated with the excitement of a researcher that has just found a cure for the sickle anaemia,…

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has described the invitation extended to him by the Nigerian Police Force to appear for questioning today as vague and ambiguous. The ex-Minister who is a frontline critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, noted that whereas he was summoned to appear at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, with respect to allegations that bordered on conspiracy, criminal defamation, inciting publication, injurious falsehood and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace, he said Police failed to mention the name of the complainant In a letter he wrote to the Inspector General of Police…

The Lagos State Police Command, Monday, stormed a hotel and arrested 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, confirmed the arrest to newsmen during a news conference. He said that the suspects were picked up on Sunday at 2 a.m. while they were performing gay initiation rites for newly recruited members. “Intelligence gathered revealed that some youths will be initiated into a Gay/Homosexual Club between 1 a.m and 2 a.m. at Kelly Ann Hotel/Events Centre, located at No. 3-7, Adenrele St., Egbeda,…

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has released the 2018 ranking of the 36 states including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in Nigeria with Abia still topping the chart. In the ranking chart, Anambra and Edo States trail second and third positions while Akwa Ibom State slumps to 17th position in the country. Below is the 2018 WAEC ranking of the 36 States: • Abia   –   1st • Anambra – 2nd • Edo – 3rd • Rivers – 4th • Imo – 5th • Lagos – 6th • Bayelsa – 7th • Delta – 8th  Enugu – 9th  Ebonyi –…

The Federal Government is worried by the minor slump in its Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of this year. However, the government is excited by the positive growth in the non-oil sector of the economy. A report released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, indicated that the economy had continued to register positive growth in certain sectors, despite the prevailing security challenges, with the non-oil sector growing by 2.05 percent during the period. In response to the development, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, expressed delight over the positive signs in…