Author: Robert Egbe

‘How Bank Customer Sold Me Fake $950k’

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos will on November 12, 2024, resume the trial of five defendants for alleged conspiracy to defraud, and obtaining of $950,000 from a businessman, Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa, under false pretence. The businessman is the prosecution’s star witness in the trial, while the 1st to 5th defendants are Chibueze […]

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NBA Mourns As #EndSARS Lawyer Adesina Ogunlana Slumps, Dies

A former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, Lagos State, Adesina Ogunlana, is dead. On Tuesday evening, Ogunlana, 60, reportedly slumped in his office at Fadeyi, along Ikorodu Road, Lagos. He was not publicly known to be battling any illness. A fearless, radical, human rights activist, Ogulana aka “Serubawon” celebrated his 60th […]

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My #EndBadGovernance Protests Story (1), by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Against all odds, the organizers of the #EndBadGovernance protests made good their threats on August 1, 2024, when they trooped out with other Nigerians to protest against hunger, hardship and the suffocating economic policies of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. All over Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja, Kano, Port-Harcourt, Benin, […]

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Protests: Normalcy Returns To Lagos After Four Days

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu chaired the Executive Council Meeting on Monday as full government activities resumed after four days of the 10-day #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests across Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu had urged protesters to cease demonstrations and engage in dialogue in a broadcast on Sunday. In response, Governor Sanwo-Olu praised the Lagos protesters for ending their […]

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JUST IN: Bobrisky Leaves Kirikiri Prison, Sports New Female Look

Controversial Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky left the Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Monday morning pimped up as a woman. NIGERIAN CURRENT reports that Bobrisky identifies as a woman but admitted to being male during his sentencing in April. He was released from the prison facility after serving over four months in jail. […]

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Protests: Army Takes Over As Bangladesh Prime Minister Quits, Flees

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following anti-government protests in which hundreds of people have been killed According to the BBC, Hasina, 76, and her sister have been taken by army helicopter to safety. Hasina’s whereabouts are unclear – she’s thought to be heading to India. This brings an end to […]

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Soyinka Condemns Use Of Bullets, Tear Gas On Protesters

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Sunday said the use of bullets and tear gas on Nigerians protesting against economic hardship was an abuse of state power. He described security operatives’ treatment of protesters has left the country in a “seemingly unbreakable cycle of resentment and reprisals”. His views in an opinion piece titled: ‘The Hunger […]

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CSOs Condemn Attack On #EndBadGovernance Protesters In Lagos

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have accused Rapid Response Squad (RRS) police operatives of attacking homebound #EndBadGovernance protesters in Lagos. The group said the unprovoked attacks occurred on Thursday evening around Oregun and resulted in the violent assault and hospitalisation of one, Damilola Akinola and the arrest of three protesters. Two other protesters were arrested around […]

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UN Genocide Prosecutor Tops 2024 SAN Awardees List

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) announced on Thursday that it had approved the appointment of 87 senior lawyers to the esteemed rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). A statement by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Hajo Sarki Bello, confirmed that the committee, headed by the Chief […]

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MTN Nigeria Records ₦519bn Loss

MTN Nigeria has suffered an unprecedented ₦519 billion loss after tax for the first half of 2024, the company declared Wednesday. The loss, a massive jump from the ₦85 billion the firm lost in H1 2023, is an unusual one for the country’s largest telecommunications firm and, historically guaranteed profit maker. The declaration also comes […]

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