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74-year-old Zimbabwean lawyer and Chairman and Senior Partner of Scanlen and Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has emerged as the new President of the International Bar Association, IBA. With his emergence, Moyo becomes the first IBA President of African descent, succeeding outgone President, Horacio Bernardes Neto, from Brasil. The septuagenarian will oversee a two-year tenure that will
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Sunday, said amending the Electoral Act without a commitment from stakeholders to do things differently, cannot guarantee free and fair elections. Yakubu said this in an address delivered on his behalf by the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus
Plans are being made for the Nigerian President Muhammadu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television, Faisal Shuaib, executive director and chief executive officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. Shuaib spoke on Thursday at the media briefing of the country’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, held in
A High Court in Kano on Thursday stopped Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from further deductions of the salaries of judiciary workers in the state. Justice Usman Na’abba gave the order following an exparte motion filed before the court by the workers under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Kano State chapter. The plaintiffs in
Against the backdrop of the dearth of critical infrastructure across the country, the plan by the Federal Government to float a N15 trillion infrastructure fund is ambitious but nonetheless a step in the right direction. Besides the need for a careful articulation and implementation of the proposal, it may very well be a good opportunity