Former president, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, has told Nigeria’s west coast neighbour, Benin Republic, to mend its ways for a harmonious bilateral relationship between the two countries. Obasanjo gave the charge during a news briefing on the margins of Policy Dialogue of African Business Associations on Implementing African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreements in Addis Ababa, yesterday. He explained that Benin’s notoriety was not new, as Nigeria had for long been enduring the practice which undermined its economic well being. “It happened when I was president of Nigeria. I called the then Benin President, Mr Nicephore Soglo, to let us…

Nigerian Law School, on Tuesday, called to the Nigerian Bar a total of 4,458 candidates who were successful at the August 2019 Bar final examinations. Director-General of the school, Mr Isa Ciroma, in his address at the call to bar ceremony in Bwari, said that the figure comprised three candidates from the previous bar final examinations. He said that 5,689 students sat for the examinations out of which 4,455 came out successful, while three others were from the previous examination. According to Ciroma, a professor, 147 candidates made first class, which is 2.58 percent of the total figure, 741 second…

Federal Government on Monday said seizures made by security agents at the country’s land borders indicated that republics of Benin and Niger were not addressing issues that led to the border closure. Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, stated this when he led a government delegation to Seme border on Monday. He explained that from the magnitude of seizures made and the number of illegal immigrants apprehended in the last two weeks, it was obvious that “nothing is being done yet by both countries – Benin and Niger – to address the challenges.” Nigeria had in August closed…

A former governor of Zamfara State, Mr Abdulaziz Yari, has asked his successor, Mr Bello Matawalle, to pay his outstanding allowances and pension. Yari, in a letter dated October 17, 2019, addressed to Matawalle, said he was entitled to N10m monthly as “upkeep allowance,” but that he had only been paid twice since he left office. According to the former governor, the law, which provides for the entitlement of former governors, deputies, speakers and deputy speakers, was amended in March and should not be truncated. The letter read in part, “I wish to humbly draw your attention to the provision…