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Certificate saga: Presenting fresh evidence at Supreme Court difficult — Lawyer
A senior lawyer, Paul Erokoro, SAN, has said that tendering additional evidence at the Supreme Court is an uphill task that requires a great deal of effort. According to him, the rules admitting fresh evidence at the Supreme Court are very stringent. Erokoro stated this on Sunday in Abuja in an interview with the News
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Israel battles Hamas as PM warns of ‘long and difficult war’
Israeli forces battled holdout Hamas fighters and pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a “long and difficult” war ahead against the Palestinian militant group. The army said tens of thousands of soldiers were deployed to fight militants in southern desert regions near the coastal enclave, to rescue
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Inconsistency in tribunal rulings hurting democracy – PDP chieftain
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Felix Hyat, has said that the inconsistencies in the decisions of the election petition tribunals were hurting the nation’s democracy. “The electoral law and the guidelines are the same, but we keep getting different rulings even with the same facts and circumstances. “Situations like that breed
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Feedback important for good governance, Adeleke tells stakeholders
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has charged stakeholders across the state on the need for effective and operational feedback on various government activities to enhance good governance. Ademola gave this charge in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr Olawale Rasheed, made available to newsmen in Osogbo. The governor noted that the
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Lagos police released man who defiled my daughter, father laments
A father of three, identified as Davies, has called on the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, the Ministry of Justice and the Nigerian Bar Association to intervene in the case of defilement of his teenage daughter (name withheld) allegedly defiled by a suspect, identified as Osunyomi, in Lagos. Speaking with Sunday Special on the telephone
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Fear grips estate residents over Lagos lawmaker’s filling station construction
As the blazing sun took a short rest, pupils of Gladys Primary School ran into their school buses, singing what appeared to be their usual song. The school was steps away from an uncompleted filling station said to be owned by a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The filling station shares a
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World leaders condemn Israel-Palestine war
Countries around the world have condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks by land, sea and air that Israel’s army says left more than 200 dead. Some countries also called for a de-escalation of the conflict, after Israel launched air strikes and other military operations targeting Gaza that Palestinian authorities say killed more than 230 people.
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Police denied us after land-grabbers sold our property to Chinese – Ogun family
The Kalejaiye family in Ogun State has lamented what they termed the illegal takeover of their farmland in Ogere area of the state by those they described as land grabbers, in cahoots with some Chinese nationals. According to the family, the farmland was purchased in the 1970s and they relied on the proceeds of processing
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‘Breast cancer remains leading cause of death for Nigerian women’
The Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria says the lack of early detection and treatment of breast cancer has kept the ailment as the leading cause of death among Nigerian women. The National President of BRECAN, Mrs Tolu Taiwo, stated this in Ibadan on Saturday during a Breast Cancer Sensitisation programme. Taiwo said the prevalence of
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DR Congo leader files bid for re-election amid crowded race
DR Congo’s leader Felix Tshisekedi has submitted his candidacy for a second term in office, joining a crowded list of presidential hopefuls including opposition heavyweights and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The turbulent central African nation, a vast and impoverished country of about 100 million people, is due to hold parliamentary and presidential votes on
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