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The National Industrial Court (NIC), says pirated copies of its new Civil Procedure Rules 2017, are in circulation and advised legal practitioners to buy the book through approved channels. Mr Olurotimi Daudu, Deputy Chief Registrar of NIC, said some legal practitioners complained they had sighted the pirated copies of the rules in some locations across the country. Daudu spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He noted that while piracy was a great challenge in Nigeria, it was particularly dangerous to the judiciary, as laws could be misrepresented, and could distort legal proceedings. ”The public…

JAMB has registered 600,000 candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and warned there will be no extension of time for the registration. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Relations of JAMB, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bwari, that deadline for the registration stands. He said measures were on ground to ensure the regulated platform could help candidates to get registered before the end of the month and to prevent irregularities in registration. Benjamin observed that some applicants were seeking extension of the UTME registration deadline due to irregularities in the on-going registration…

Nigerians have turned to eating bread as the recession in the country continues to bite hard. Following the pronouncement of recession by the West Africa’s country president, Muhammadu Buhari, many of the country’s citizens are devising means to cut cost especially when it comes to feeding, (chronicle.ng) has found. Mrs Toyin Alao, who owns a restaurant in Alimosho LGA of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria disclosed to our reporter that more customers demand for bread and beans than ever before, stressing that, after they eat in, they also buy bread as takeaway. “I think Nigerians have turned to bread because it…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has questioned Luke Shaw’s commitment to the Old Trafford club. The 21-year-old defender has only played 15 times for the Reds this season and has not figured since last month’s 1-1 draw against Bournemouth. And Mourinho claims he compares unfavourably to fellow defenders Ashley Young, Matteo Darmian and Daley Blind. “I cannot compare the way he trains and commits, the focus, the ambition. He is a long way behind,” he said. Mourinho was asked by reporters whether he expected more from an England international. “Joe Hart is an English international and is playing on loan…

US President Donald Trump has said the United States will “solve” the nuclear threat from North Korea, with or without China’s help. “If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you,” he said in an interview with UK newspaper the Financial Times. Pressed on whether he thought he could succeed alone, he replied: “Totally.” Mr Trump was speaking ahead of a scheduled visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. There are fears that Pyongyang could eventually develop the ability to launch long-range nuclear missiles capable of striking the mainland US.…

A report by the World Bank and the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that Nigeria, Britain and Russia has cut their electricity intensity by at least two per cent. According to the report first published by Reuters, some of the largest energy-consuming countries – Australia, China, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and Britain – cut their energy intensity, a measure of energy efficiency, by more than 2 per cent annually. The reduction was described as positive but not one that many Nigerians would like to hear or embrace as millions of Nigerians have been without electricity for years. The report…

A four day-old baby belonging to a Nigerian lady, Mariam Ohene, was among over 480 migrants rescued by humanitarian ships on Saturday in the central Mediterranean Sea. Also rescued with Mariam Ohene were her two year-old son named Benjamin and her Ghanaian husband, Richard. They were all travelling on one of two rubber boats carrying over 200 migrants from North and Central Africa, Sri Lanka and Yemen and seen drifting some 22 nautical miles north of the Libyan town of Sabratha, the most frequently used departure point currently used by people smugglers in Libya. The 29 year-old Nigerian woman had…

President Donald Trump continued to live his image as ‘deflector-in-chief, rather than commander-in-chief. A top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accused Trump on Sunday of trying to divert Congress from its investigations of Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election and any links between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Representative Adam Schiff said the Republican president and his aides have instead attempted to throw the focus on the possibility of illegal leaks of classified information and whether Trump or his associates were caught up in incidental collection by surveillance that was targeting foreigners. Congressional committees, along with the FBI,…

Bally is the latest housemate to be evicted in the ongoing reality TV show, Big Brother Naija. He was evicted Sunday, after scoring the lowest vote from the fans. It was a tight popularity race among all the four housemates, Tboss, Debie-Rise, Marvis and Bally who were slated for eviction. While Tboss got the highest votes of 26.49 per cent, Debie-Rise got 25.36 per cent of votes; Marvis got 24.40 per cent and Bally got the lowest votes of 23.76 per cent of the votes. Bally’s friend, Tola was in the house to take him away. Family and friends of…

Twenty five persons have been arrested over illegal registration of candidates for the 2017 UTME, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The suspects were also arrested for illegal sale of UTME materials. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said the individuals arrested were selling registration materials to the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to candidates. The suspects, he said, were arrested by a combined team of Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU); members of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigeria Police Force. Oloyede said the e-Brochure and e-Syllabus, which were meant to be free were being sold…