Crime Reps query OAGF’s payment of N15bn to Remita, accuse CBN of complicity BarandbenchMarch 29, 2024March 29, 20240 The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has queried the payment of N15 billion to Remita, a payment platform… Read More
Commentary The Okuama Dead: Story behind the grief, by Azu Ishiekwene BarandbenchMarch 29, 2024March 29, 20240 When Lt. Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Ali, 49, assumed duties as Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Tinubu appoints new CCB chair, seeks senate approval BarandbenchMarch 29, 2024March 29, 20240 President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Abdullahi Usman Bello as chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). But the… Read More
Business CBN raises commercial banks minimum capital base to N500bn BarandbenchMarch 29, 2024March 29, 20240 The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the capital base for commercial banks with international authorization to N500bn and national… Read More
Uncategorized Tinubu, beware of Nyesom Wike, by Richard Akinnola BarandbenchMarch 28, 2024March 28, 20240 Impetuous, garrulous, flippant, compulsively and deliriously narcissistic, that succinctly encapsulates the Nyesom Wike persona. A study of the political trajectory… Read More
Litigation Binance executives drag NSA Ribadu, EFCC to court BarandbenchMarch 28, 2024March 28, 20240 Detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has commenced a lawsuit at the Federal high court in Abuja against the National Security… Read More
Business Again, Naira appreciates as Dollar now sells at N1,280 in parallel market BarandbenchMarch 28, 2024March 28, 20240 The Naira has continued to appreciate as the US dollar is currently selling at N1,280 in the parallel market. The… Read More
Litigation NYSC Certificate Forgery: Court grants Bayelsa senator N50m bail BarandbenchMarch 28, 2024March 28, 20240 A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo has granted the senator representing Bayelsa Central, Benson Konbowei, a N50m bail…. Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured State of Legal Profession: Nigerians no longer trust the bench, the bar – Awomolo, SAN BarandbenchMarch 28, 2024March 28, 20240 The Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Adegboyega Solomon Awomolo, SAN has raised the alarm over the dwindling… Read More
Politics INEC, LP’s BoT disown Abure’s national convention in Anambra BarandbenchMarch 28, 2024March 28, 20240 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned the controversial National Convention of the Labour Party (LP), where Julius Abure… Read More