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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for three months. Minister of Police

EXCLUSIVE: EFCC seeks relisting of judge accused of bribery for trial The judge was recently discharged of bribery charges. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Court of Appeal in Lagos to list Mohammed Yunusa, a judge recently discharged of bribery charges, for re-trial. The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja had in a ruling on January 25 discharged Mr Yunusa of the bribery charges, citing a December 23, 2020 letter by the National Judicial Council (NJC) which lifted...

TODAY February 4, 2021 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Court of Appeal in Lagos to list Mohammed Yunusa, a judge recently discharged of bribery charges, for re-trial. The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja had in a ruling on January 25 discharged Mr Yunusa of the bribery charges, citing a December 23, 2020 letter by the National Judicial Council (NJC) which lifted the suspension slammed on him in July 2016. EFCC’s prosecutor, Wahab Shittu, had called 10 prosec...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has faulted the extension of the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months. He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of a successor. But the lawyer explained that the “purported” extension of the expired tenure of Adamu is illegal and unconstitutional. He explained that Adamu cannot be asked to continue in office because he had completed ...

Share Lagos based lawyer and activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), on Thursday declared that the purported extension of the expired tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) by President Muhammadu Buhari, is illegal and unconstitutional as it defies the provisions of Section 215 (1)(a) of 1999 Constitution and consequently, the Federal Republic of Nigeria presently has no IGP properly so recognized by law. According to the legal practitioner, the president’s action runs...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa has described President Muhammadu Buharis decision to extend the expired tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu as illegal and unconstitutional. Adamu’s tenure expired on Monday, February 1, 2021, when he attained 35 years in service, but instead of replacing him, the president decided to retain him as the IGP for three more months. Shortly after his tenure extension was announced on Thursday, February 4, 2021, the Minister of P...

Munya Cracks the Whip on Cartels in Kenyas Food Sector 2 February 2021 - 3:32 pm Agriculture CS Peter Munya speaks at the National Agriculture Summit at Safari Park Hotel on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Facebook Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Peter Munya has announced new regulations that are expected to deal with cartels dominating the food industry, particularly in the cereals sector.  The new regulations target traders who operate warehouses that deal with food commodities.  Such warehous...

January 22, 2021 By: Winstanley.R. Bankole. Johnson It is the brouhaha that has followed the recently published Year 2019 Government Audit Report by the Audit Services Sierra (ASSL) that has informed the caption of this piece. In the main I will be using plain and simple English methods of communications for ease of understanding by the wider sector of society who are by now very much confused, to enable them to discern and hopefully decide what to listen to and who to believe. WHAT IS AN AUDIT...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Saturday dismissed speculations that the National Identity Number (NIN) was a prerequisite for registration by prospective voters, saying there was nowhere in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where such a condition was stipulated.

Background The President of Nigeria assented to the Finance Bill 2020 on 31 December 2020. The Act which takes effect from 1 January 2020 introduced amendments to several tax and fiscal laws including the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) and the Capital Gains Tax Act (CGTA). Broadly, the changes provide clarity to some previously grey areas, address areas of possible non taxation or double taxation and introduced an income exempt category. We highlight the changes and their implications for indiv...