Again, Disagreement Over Legal Representation Stalls Hearing of NGF Case
[This Day]For the second time, the case filed by...
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(Source: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) In an unprecedented move aimed at promoting industrial harmony in the oil and gas industry, stakeholders on Wednesday at a meeting in the NNPC Towers,...
View ArticleMich. high court agrees to hear parole fight case
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a man whose release from prison after 20 years was granted by Gov. Jennifer Granholm but quickly reversed in an extraordinary...
View ArticleHow the Governor and His Men Rule Lagos - Raji Fashola Unscripted (I)
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View ArticleFashola, Nwabueze Differ On Single Term Tenure for President, Govs
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View ArticleDiplomat: Sudan’s leader has left Nigeria amid demands for his arrest
ABUJA, Nigeria — Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir has left Nigeria, a diplomat at his embassy said Tuesday, following demands from human rights activists for the arrest of the man indicted for genocide...
View ArticleMarikana miners lose legal representation
Pretoria - Lawyers representing the mineworkers wounded and arrested during the Marikana labour unrest last year provisionally pulled out of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry's proceedings on Monday....
View ArticleNigerian Lagoon Village Fights to Stay Afloat
Heather Murdock MAKOKO, NIGERIA — Sometimes called "The Venice of Africa" the village of Makoko floats on a lagoon in the heart of Lagos, the financial capital of Nigeria. But unlike Venice, houses...
View ArticleOmar Al-Bashir, Sudan President, Has Fled Nigeria, Diplomat Claims
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir has left Nigeria, a diplomat at his embassy said Tuesday, following demands from human rights activists for the arrest of the man indicted for genocide...
View ArticleDiplomat: Sudan leader has fled Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir has left Nigeria, the spokesman at his embassy said Tuesday, following demands from human rights activists for his arrest over charges of genocide and...
View ArticleNigerian activists demand arrest of Sudan's Bashir in court
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian activists filed a suit with the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday demanding that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir be arrested and handed over to the International...
View ArticleAkran of Badagry - a Journalist in a Traditional Palace
[Daily Trust]Lagos -The Akran of Badagry, Aholu Wheno...
View ArticleLagos Records 83 Percent 2nd Quarter Budget Performance
[Vanguard]Lagos -Governor Babatunde...
View ArticleLegal representation ‘not absolute’
Pretoria - Legal representation at a commission of inquiry is not an absolute right, veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos told the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. “We do not contend that the...
View ArticleNigerian activists: Arrest Sudan leader for crimes
ABUJA, Nigeria — Angry that Nigeria is hosting a fugitive accused of genocide and war crimes, human rights lawyers Monday asked the Federal High Court to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's leader...
View ArticlePa. attorney general Kane won't defend law banning gay marriage in lawsuit;...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's elected attorney general said Thursday that she will not defend a 17-year-old state law effectively banning same-sex marriage from a legal challenge in federal...
View ArticlePa. attorney general won't defend gay marriage ban
Pennsylvania's elected attorney general said Thursday that she will not defend a 17-year-old state law effectively banning same-sex marriage from a legal challenge in federal court, meaning the task...
View ArticleLieberman calls new Prisoner X case 'severe', but insists Israel acting...
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View ArticleLegal battle brews over city's bankruptcy filing
While emergency manager Kevyn Orr on Friday was offering short-term reassurances to thousands of Detroit pensioners whose benefits are in jeopardy, his lawyers were waging a whirlwind legal battle...
View ArticleLagos Police Hunt for Abductors of Briton
Share Twitter Ghana News plugins View Comments Police HeadquartersThe Lagos State Police Command Friday expressed optimism that a yet-to-be identified Briton abducted on Wednesday along the Murtala...
View ArticleModi stalls Lokayukta appointment: Congress
Attacking Narendra Modi for “stalling” appointment of the Gujarat Lokayukta, Congress on Saturday accused him of acting like Hitler and said his “double game” has been exposed by the Supreme Court...
View ArticleNarendra Modi stalling Lokayaukta appointment to hide black deeds: Congress
New Delhi: Attacking Narendra Modi for "stalling" appointment of the Gujarat Lokayukta, Congress on Saturday accused him of acting like Hitler and said his "double game" has been exposed by the...
View Article100 Prospective Tenants Battle Over 13 Flats
[Vanguard]Lagos -No fewer than 100 prospective...
View ArticleMarikana survivors still seek legal representation
Related articles Marikana commission is postponed to find funding State’s obstructiveness will preclude justice at Marikana hearing Malema’s freedom fighters call Marikana ruling ‘pure rape of...
View ArticleSudan's President One Step Ahead of a Suit and a Warrant
PARIS -- Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, made a brief appearance at an African Union summit meeting in Nigeria but vanished after human rights groups filed a lawsuit calling for his...
View ArticleFederal judge sets first hearing in Detroit bankruptcy case
DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal court judge on Monday set the first hearing in Detroit's bankruptcy case for Wednesday to take up the city's request to put state lawsuits challenging the bankruptcy...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Federal judge sets first hearing in Detroit bankruptcy case
By Bernie Woodall DETROIT, July 22 (Reuters) - A federal court judge on Monday set the first hearing in Detroit's bankruptcy case for Wednesday to take up the city's request to put state lawsuits...
View ArticleUPDATE 3-Detroit bankruptcy case heads to Wednesday hearing on challenges
By Bernie Woodall DETROIT, July 22 (Reuters) - Labor unions trying to stop Detroit from cutting pensions filed a new challenge to the city in bankruptcy court as the federal judge overseeing the case...
View ArticleLagos Govt, NCC Disagree On Multiple Taxation
[This Day]The Lagos State government has disagreed with...
View ArticleJudge to decide whether to let Detroit bankruptcy case proceed
Robert Snell, Mike Wilkinson and Chad Livengood The Detroit News Comments Purchase Image Lawyers David Heiman and Heather Lennox, on right, are seen leaving the federal courthouse after giving...
View ArticleRPT-Fight over Detroit bankruptcy begins in federal court
By Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT, July 24 (Reuters) - A showdown over the biggest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history begins in a federal court on Wednesday morning as creditors...
View ArticleFight over Detroit bankruptcy begins in federal court
DETROIT, July 24 (Reuters) - A showdown over the biggest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history begins in a federal court on Wednesday morning as creditors challenge its legality. Attorneys for...
View ArticleFashola - Oil Boom Cripples Entrepreneurs, Creates Unemployment
[This Day]The Lagos State...
View ArticleDetroit bankruptcy case heads to Wednesday hearing on challenges
DETROIT (Reuters) - Labor unions trying to stop Detroit from cutting pensions filed a new challenge to the city in bankruptcy court as the federal judge overseeing the case said he would hear...
View ArticleUK police probing Shell, ENI Nigerian oil block deal
By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) - British police are investigating a money-laundering allegation related to a big oil field bought by Shell and ENI from Nigeria for $1.3 billion (846.46 million pounds),...
View ArticleFashola, Juwah Disagree On Regulation of Telecom Masts
[Vanguard]After raising issues of multiple taxation, vandalisation of...
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