archiveOctober 2019

By Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN     Development law policy is a tool that intersects law and economic development. Development law scholars agree that there is a strong link between law, regulatory institutions, governance, economic development and national welfare. It is argued that the Nigerian legal and judicial framework is...

The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill which was sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the 8th Senate. The Bill which was introduced by the 8th Senate in October 2016 seeks a five-year jail term and five million naira fine for lecturers convicted...

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called for closer bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Egypt and also with Morocco. Lawan made the call at a separate meeting with the Egyptian Ambassador in Nigeria, Assem Hanafi Elseify and also with the Moroccan Ambassador in Nigeria,  Moha Ou Ali Tagma...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja met behind closed doors with members of the recently constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EAC, which was constituted on Sept. 16, replaced the Economic Management Team (EMT), headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo....

  The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the Senate and the House of Representatives to ensure prompt passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. Its Director-General, Mr Timothy Olawale, made the call on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President Muhammadu Buhari...

  A former Minister of Education, Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is the worst in destroying the culture of debate in a democratic government. Ezekwesili, who was reacting to the continuous detention of the ‘Revolution Now’ convener, Omoyele Sowore, said regardless of government’s action,...

  Sheikh Guru Maharaj Ji, a Nigerian spiritual leader, has advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the last election, Atiku Abubakar stop his tussle with President Muhammad Buhari at the tribunal over the result of the election which gave victory to the incuent. Maharaj ji...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a statement on Wednesday said that the pace of economic recovery of Nigeria remains slow, pointing at depressed private consumption and investors’ wait-and-see attitude as major causes. The IMF came out with this position after a visit by its team, led by the Senior...

  Here are the allocations to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2020 appropriation bill as laid out by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President, who named the bill a “Budget of Fiscal Consolidation for 2020”at the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, noted that allocations to some...

A panel of inquiry set up to investigate the killing of three police officers and two civilians in Taraba State in August this year has found that both the police and military were responsible for the incident. The Defence Headquarters in a statement on Tuesday said that the panel submitted...