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The commission, PSC, has said that anyone with evidence on the allegation showing that some officers of the commission and the Nigerian Police Force, collected bribes of $10,000 to facilitate promotions of police personnel, should make such evidence available to a panel of investigation it has set up on the issue. The PSC also vowed that anyone found culpable of partaking in the act will be dealt with in line with the laws of the land. It urged officers, aggrieved over issues of promotion to avail themselves of the investigative panel and come forward with proof that could aid the…

Following the controversies that have trailed the movie, “Gangs of Lagos”, since it was released on Amazon Prime Video, the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, has explained why they cannot ban it. The Executive Director and CEO of the regulatory body, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, said the board can’t take any action against the movie for now. According to him, the NFVCB has no legal backing to regulate what is being exhibited on the online platform. He regretted that regulating online platform poses a lot of difficulties since it’s not part of the mandate of the Board. “Have you…

Below is a Keynote address by his Excellency, the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, at ‘an afternoon of tributes for departed media leaders’ organized by the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) and the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), held on Friday, May 21, 2021 at the MUSON Centre, Lagos. Let me begin by stating how privileged I am to be here at this unique gathering to honour the memory of recently departed leaders in the media. The roll call of these leading lights that have left us is a truly impressive one and it can…

His concern always is how to put a smile in the faces of others. His humility, humour and humanity is not only awesome but exceptional. Today I am remembering my leader Prince Bola Ajibola and the great memories we shared. He was one of a kind and a father. There are many days that I think of him and beam a smile. Prince Bolasodun Adesumbo Ajibola, SAN, KBE, CFR was born on the 22nd of March, 1934 (89 years old) in Owu, near Abeokuta, Ogun State to the Owu royal family of Oba Abdul-Salam Ajibola Gbadela (II), the traditional ruler…

US “fair use” clause has been adopted to assist Nigerian courts in determining whether a given unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright would qualify as “fair dealing”. Unlike the US “fair use” clause, there are no consumptive uses that are listed as permissible purposes. New legal remedies are introduced to assist rights holders with the enforcement of their rights in the online environment, some of which may be relied on to compel Internet Service Providers to block user access to infringing content. This is an important development in the fight against content piracy, which has been a major…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, commiserates with the family of the late Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, the Owu kingdom, the management, staff and students of Crescent University, Abeokuta, the government and good people of Ogun State, friends, mentees and associates of Prince Bola Abdul Jabbar Ajibola (SAN, KBE,D.Sc,D.Litt, FNIALS, FCIArb,CFR) who passed away early this morning, Sunday, 9 April 2023, at the ripe age of 89. This is contained in a statement signed by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb Lawal. “Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN was President of the NBA…

The Supreme Court has so far delivered 272 judgments in the 2022/2023 Legal Year. Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, made this known in a statement while felicitating with Nigerian Christian and Muslim faithful over this year’s Easter celebration and the witnessing of the ongoing Ramadan fast respectively. The CJN noted that the judgments were from normal civil, criminal, and election-related Appeals. He counseled both Christians and Muslims to use the two occasions to pray fervently for peace and tranquility to continue to prevail in the country. “It is with gratitude to Almighty Allah, the most gracious, the…

Prince Harry and Elton John were in a London court Monday as the lawyer for a group of British tabloids prepared to ask a judge to toss the lawsuit they brought with several other high-profile people who allege phone tapping and other invasions of privacy. Harry’s presence at the High Court in London is a sign of the importance he attaches to the case, one of several lawsuits the Duke of Sussex has brought against the media. The hearing is expected to last four days. The case alleges Associated Newspapers Ltd., which publishes titles including the Daily Mail, commissioned the…

Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday issued an order temporarily restraining Mr Julius Abure from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) pending the hearing of the substantive suit brought against him and three others. Justice Muazu issued the interim order while delivering ruling in an exparte application brought by some aggrieved members of the LP including the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr Abayomi Arabambi, challenging the continued stay in office of the defendants over allegations of corruption. Besides Abure, the court also restrained the party’s National Secretary,…

The World Bank has said that the incoming administration in Nigeria will face weak economic growth and policy challenges this year. In its latest Africa’s Pulse report for April 2023, published on Wednesday, the bank predicted a 2.8 per cent economic growth for Nigeria in 2023. This new projection is lower than the 2.9 per cent earlier projected in the bank’s Global Economic Prospects report that was published in January this year. Part of the report read, “The growth recovery in Nigeria for 2023 (2.8 per cent) is still fragile as oil production remains subdued and the new administration faces…