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CARL UMEGBORO is a legal practitioner (Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria) and human rights activist. He is an associate of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom). He is a prolific writer, social policy and public affairs analyst. Prior to his call to Bar as a lawyer, he had been a veteran journalist and columnist, and has over 250 published articles in various leading national newspapers to his credit. Barrister Umegboro, a litigation counsel is also a regular guest-analyst at many TV and radio programme on crucial national issues. He can be reached through: (+234) 08023184542, (+234) 08173184542 OR Email: umegborocarl@gmail.com

FORMER Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Kingsley … Continue ReadingMoghalu congratulates Akpata, commends young lawyers

Police Diary

ANAMBRA: 2yr old boy found, in Police custody

AdminAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

ANAMBRA State Police Command on Saturday announced that at about 8am, the Chairman Vigilante group in Oba in Idemili South … Continue ReadingANAMBRA: 2yr old boy found, in Police custody

Law

Buhari congratulates New NBA President, Olumide Akpata

AdminAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Buhari through … Continue ReadingBuhari congratulates New NBA President, Olumide Akpata

Law

Akpata floors two SANs, emerges NBA President

AdminAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Business Law, Olumide Akpata, has emerged the 30th President … Continue ReadingAkpata floors two SANs, emerges NBA President

Society & People

Toast to Ladipo Adamolekun at 78

AdminAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

By Anthony Akinola THE probable question anyone bearing the name “Adamolekun” would be confronted with would be whether he or … Continue ReadingToast to Ladipo Adamolekun at 78

Opinion & Analysis

Beyond cutting Keyamo to size

AdminAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

By Felix Oboagwina AFTER several years of stomaching insolence from operatives of the executive, Nigeria’s long-suffering National Assembly last week … Continue ReadingBeyond cutting Keyamo to size

Opinion & Analysis

NIGERIA: Time for sober reflections

AdminAugust 1, 2020July 31, 2020

By Adewale Kupoluyi AS the nation marked another Democracy Day on June 12 this year, the journey to statehood came … Continue ReadingNIGERIA: Time for sober reflections

Society & People

Tony Elumelu: More than a Man

AdminAugust 1, 2020July 31, 2020

By Ehi Braimah A great mind such as Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF); Chairman of UBA, … Continue ReadingTony Elumelu: More than a Man

Opinion & Analysis

Buhari, Senate and the Service Chiefs

AdminAugust 1, 2020July 31, 2020

By Simon Reef Musa RECENTLY, the upper chamber of the National Assembly (NASS) veered off its familiar terrain of being … Continue ReadingBuhari, Senate and the Service Chiefs

Opinion & Analysis

Sokoto’s restrained approach to insecurity

AdminAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

By Anselm Okolo SOKOTO State is famed for the sultanate. Its arid desert plains provide an asphyxiating allure for a … Continue ReadingSokoto’s restrained approach to insecurity