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Lagos, Dec. 29, 2022 – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has demanded about N5 billion in compensations for the family of slain Lagos lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem. It said in a statement on Thursday that it would also monitor the trial of Drambi Vandi, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, who allegedly shot and killed Mrs Raheem in Lagos on Christmas Day. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) and member of NBA Lagos, said he had been appointed to lead the monitoring team.  “The NBA Lagos, in conjunction with the NBA President, Mr. Y.C. Mikyau, …

Owerri, Dec. 29, 2022 – The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, is dead. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, announced the death of Obiozor in a statement on Wednesday. He described the deceased as an intellectual whose contributions and wise counsel on national and global issues will be greatly missed. “On behalf of the government and people of Imo state, I, Senator  Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, sorrowfully announce the passage of a great son of Imo State and Nigeria, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, …

Abuja, Dec. 29, 2022 – President Muhammadu Buhari has advised security agents to remain apolitical during the 2023 general elections. He said they must conduct themselves professionally and in accordance with Standing Operation Procedures when discharging their duties during the elections. Buhari gave the advice on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) Estate at Idu-Karmo in Abuja He said that security agencies would be engaged with various support and assistance in the elections, particularly with distribution and monitoring of classified materials and other logistics. “I therefore …

Abuja, Dec. 29, 2022 – The House of Representatives has called justice for the female lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, who was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer on Christmas Day in Lagos. Drambi Vandi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, attached to the Ajah Divisional Headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command, was alleged to have shot and killed the pregnant woman. Members of the House observed a one-minute silence in honour Raheem, and Gafaru Braimoh who was the second person to have been killed by policemen in the same …

Abuja, Dec. 29, 2022 – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for bids for purchase of some properties that were forfeited to federal government. The commission said on Wednesday that interested persons or organisations had until 12:00 noon Monday, January 9, 2023, to submit their bids. The Spokesman for EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Abuja that the affected properties were subjects of final forfeiture orders by the courts.\ “The properties consisting of 61 units of luxury apartments, plots of lands and apartments across the …

Lagos, Dec. 23, 2022 -The Chief Executive officer of Max Air, Bashir Mangal, is dead. A statement issued by the media consultant to the airline said Mangal died in the early hours of Friday, December 23, 2022. The statement read in part, “Inna lillahi wa inna Ilaihi rajiun, this is to announce the death of our beloved brother Alhaji Bashir Barau Mangal, Vice Chairman/ CEO Max Air in the early hours of today Friday 23rd December 2022. “May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus.” (GBN)

Abuja, Dec. 23, 2022 – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nigerians are currently going through “dark times”. In a Christmas message issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by its National President, Ayuba Wabba, decried the poor living conditions of the workers in the country. The union, however, advised Christians to “resonate the light of hope birthed through Jesus Christ”. “This Christmas, we urge Nigerian workers and people to resonate in the light of hope birthed by the love of God conveyed through the birth of His son Jesus …

Abuja, Dec. 23. 2022 – The Federal Government is to spend N144.8 billion on a National Plan on Financing Safe Schools between 2023 and 2026.  Dr Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, said this in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of the scheme. She said that the plan was to achieve measurable development outcomes likes reduction in number of out-of-school children and improvement in Nigeria’s rating in the Human Capital Index in the long run. She said that the Federal Government aimed to grow Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) …