Mohammed Lawal Uwais, 12 June 1936 – 6 June 2025, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The father of a very senior lawyer and husband to a wife both capable and experienced as a lawyer, Uwais…
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Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais: A judge’s judge, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN
THE SILENCE BEFORE THE GONGWhen a great Iroko falls, it does not do so quietly. It thunders in the forest.I…
Tinubu cancels June 12 presidential broadcast
The national broadcast of President Bola Tinubu earlier scheduled for 7 am. in commemoration of Democracy Day on June 12…
Court jails three TikTokers for posting indecent contents
A Kano Magistrate Court has sentenced three social media influencers to one year and one month in prison each for…
My whole story on airport drama with Air Peace– Oshiomole
Senator Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday denied the allegation that he disrupted Air Peace flight at Lagos airport, early Wednesday morning….
Uproar as UK University fires 71-year-old Nigerian woman over bracelet
A 71-year-old Nigerian grandmother, Janet Olufunke Damiro, has been dismissed from her cleaning position at the London School of Economics…
One-time super CJN, Muhammadu Uwais, dies at 88
Second longest-serving Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, is dead. He died six days to his 89th…
S’Court, NJC, Federal High Court pull out of June 2 industrial strike
Workers of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have pulled out of the January 2 industrial strike called by the Judiciary…
Saudi Arabia stops Sheikh Gumi, from performing Hajj, deports him
Saudi authorities have deported a prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to Nigeria. That was after barring him from…
Before Nuhu Ribadu rides off into fantasy-land, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno…