FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos against the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for its refusal to act on the organization’s information request seeking details of payments of license fees by broadcasting stations and platforms operating…
Being presentation made by DR. SIJUADE KAYODE, ESQ., FICMC. (Vice President, Commerce ACCI) at the Award Writing Workshop for mentees of the NCC-DRC Second Series Mentorship Program on 15th September, 2022. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ARBITRATION What is Arbitration? It is a non-court alternative method of resolving disputes, where an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators is…
The Sahel is one of the poorest and most environmentally degraded regions of our planet. It is also considered one of the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change, as temperatures there increase one and a half times faster than in the rest of the world. This vulnerability is made worse by the region’s high…
Press Statement Highlights: Amaechi’s presence in the presidency restored the $10Bn NLNG Train 7 that Wike and his master (Jonathan) blocked; Has led to release of almost $400m of the $1Bn of the UNEP Fund to Ogoni that Wike and his master blocked; Brought back some oil wells Wike and his master ceded to other…
A former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ilesa Branch Barrister Kanmu Ajibola has asked the court to commit to prison the Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, the State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) boss, Mr. Oladunjoye Oladitan over their insistence to conduct the proposed October 15th council election in…
Former Defence Minister, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode SAN has commiserated with the Ondo state Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN over the transition to eternal glory of his mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu. In a statement he personally signed, Prince Kayode described the late matriachy of the Akeredolu family as “a distinguished woman of God who dedicated…
BEING AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, VICE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA (1999 – 2007) AND PRESIDENTIAL FLAG BEARER OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY – PDP ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR ECONOMIC FORUM, ORGANIZED BY THE LAGOS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. I thank the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry…
PRESS STATEMENT With the twist and turns emanating from INEC in recent time regarding the 2023 general elections and the development from Ekiti and Osun State gubernatorial pools, the Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has expressed concern over INEC’s ability to deliver free, fair and credible elections. In a statement delivered by…
by Broadcasters in Nigeria and Amount Owed by Each Station Lagos, Monday, September 12, 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to disclose to it the status of payment of license fees by all broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria and the amount of indebtedness of each of the…
Being a Paper Presented by Roseline Obiageli Nwosu (Mrs), LLB (HONS), BL, FCIARB (UK), FSCIARB, FICMC, CEDR(UK) Accredited Mediator on 27th June 2022 at the National Workshop for Judges on ADR 2022 held at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja.WHY TRADE DISPUTES?Disputes are inevitable in human interactions. Like in every other Country, trade disputes are inevitable in both the formal…
