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Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the immediate past Vice President says the legal profession in Nigeria is collapsing under the weight of corruption, ethical breaches, and declining standards. Prof. Osinbajo who spoke at the 2025 Law Week Plenary Session of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yenagoa Branch, held at the Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board NCDMB on Friday, expressed concerns over the growing perception that the nation’s justice system is corrupt, with […]

Seventeen suspected cultists were on Friday night arrested along the Tombia-Amassoama road over their alleged involvement in the killing of two graduates of the Niger Delta University, Amassoama in renewed cult attack. Among the seventeen persons were four suspected cyber fraudsters popularly known as the Yahoo-boys for allegedly sponsoring the killings of the two students. A senior police sources informed our correspondent that the arrest of the suspected killers’ cultists […]

The persistent menace of coastal erosion at Akugbene community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State has escalated, prompting renewed calls from residents for urgent intervention from both the federal and state governments, as well as the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The alarming rate of erosion has threatened the very existence of the Akugbene-Mein Kingdom, leaving parts of the community submerged and key infrastructure destroyed. The Akugbene waterfront […]

Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested killers of 50 years old, Hon. Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha, In-law to the Governor Douye Diri and two others amongst them is the Paramount Ruler of the Kalaba Community and Chairman of the Community Development Committee, CDC, HRH Kolibo Francis Amabelimo and Samuel Oburo in Kalaba community of Yenagoa Local Government area of the State. Hon. Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha, the Paramount Ruler of the […]

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yenagoa Branch has officially flagged off its 2025 Law Week on Monday with a press conference held at the NBA Secretariat, Hon. Justice Koripamo David Ungbuku High Court Complex, Onopa. Addressing newsmen, the Chairman of the Branch, Barr. Somina Johnbull, expressed gratitude to key stakeholders whose support has been instrumental to the success of the NBA Yenagoa Branch. He gave special thanks to the Keynote […]

Justice Nwosu-Iheme of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja on Monday sentenced Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of Osinachi, the late gospel singer, to death by hanging having found him guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased on April 8, 2022. The judge said the prosecution had proven the burden of proof placed on it by the law. Mr. Nwachukwu was arraigned […]

Residents of the Swali community in Yenagoa Local Government Area have taken to the streets in protest following a deadly attack by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Saturday. The incident claimed the lives of three individuals and left several others injured. According to eyewitnesses, the assailants stormed the community at about 11:40pm, arriving in a black Hilux truck, two mini-buses, and a Toyota Camry. Gunshots rang out for nearly twenty minutes, throwing […]