BORN into an aristocratic family on March 9, 1934 in the ancient city of Ijebu Ode, Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, albeit trained as a lawyer in the United Kingdom, he is better known as the icon of the country’s Capital market, the pacesetter in entrepreneurial banking and the great living legend of our time. The…
Rasheed Adegoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in this interview with SOLOMON ODENIY I speaks on the continued disregard for Supreme Court orders on the new naira policy by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele Five days after the pronouncement of Supreme Court that the old…
The legal tussle between the Labour Party, Peoples Democratic Party and the ruling All Progressives Congress over the outcome of February 25 presidential election has taken a new dimension following report that a combined team of 89 Senior Advocates of Nigeria have been engaged. Sources within the camp of the warring political parties said that…
The General Commission of The Africa Road Builders – Trophée Babacar NDIAYE has announced that the Inaugural Conference 2023 is scheduled for April 05, 2023, in Tanzania. The theme of this year’s conference is: “Sustainable mobility in Africa, lever of development”. This was confirmed in a statement issued by The General Commissioner, CEO of ACTUROUTES,…
Ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections in the country, the Department of State Services has raised the alarm that some undisclosed persons are planning to cause a “total breakdown of law and order.” This is even as the service said it had observed there had been tension in parts of the country days…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded arrangement to postpone the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. The polls have now been rescheduled by one week to March 18, 2023, credible sources in the commission disclosed It was learnt that the postponement was due to the inability of…
● Says No N90B Accrued to Osun State The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of exhibiting ignorance about telemedicine, digital economy and extraordinary performance of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the last 100 days, denying report that the state has received N90 billion naira in the last three…
The CBN issued operational guidelines for open banking in Nigeria on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the guidelines establish principles for data sharing across banking and payment systems. In the guidelines, the CBN shall provide and maintain an Open Banking Registry to provide regulatory oversight on participants, enhance transparency and regulate…
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has put together a legal team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 election.Atiku briefed them on Wednesday at his campaign Headquarters in Abuja, asking them to “establish the claim of illegality in the election and reclaim the…
A pro-democracy group, the Southern and Middle Belt Alliance, has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to resign if he cannot conduct free, fair and credible elections.It also called on heads of security agencies responsible for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections to resign with immediate…
