Senators, House of Representatives
members and members of other legislative houses in the country who are
lawyers, on Monday intensified their desire to be conferred with the
prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. The desire also affects all lawyers working in legislative houses in various capacities. Besides claiming that they worked harder than judicial officers, the
lawmakers
Famous Hong Kong actor and stunt artist, Chan Kong-sang, popularly
known as Jackie Chan will visit Nigeria on September 4, 2015. Jackie
Jackie Chan who is also a film director, producer and singer will not
visit Nigeria in person but as a leading screen character in Dragon
Blade, directed by Daniel Lee. Dragon Blade is Chan’s latest work
that has been released theatrically in several countries of the world.
It berths in Nigeria next month, with FilmOne acquiring the theatrical
rights to exhibit it.
Dragon Blade has remained
The
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim
Lamorde, has been accused of diverting over N1tn recovered from corrupt
politicians who forfeited their loots. A man named George Uboh recently
petitioned the Senate, accusing the chairman of the anti-graft agency of
diverting money recovered from corrupt politicians including former
Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; and ex-Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun.
The Sokoto State Government has introduced a monthly incentive of
one million naira to any district adjudged to be the cleanest in the
state. Governor Aminu Tambuwal disclosed this yesterday at the flag-off
of special environmental sanitation programme in Sokoto, saying the
incentive is part of measures to enhance cleanliness and preservation of
the environment.
After struggling to jam the transmission signals of Radio Biafra,
the Federal Government seems to have lost the battle as the station is
back on air. The Federal Government had on July 14 announced that it
jammed the transmission signals of the radio station, which was
operating illegally from an unknown location.The radio station
however stopped broadcasting in July,
