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Nigerian Law Society to sue CAC N5bn for defamation
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, has threatened to sue the Registrar- General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, over an alleged defamatory publication against the Nigerian Law Society (NLS).
Ayorinde is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NLS, a professional association of lawyers, which the CAC says is operating without registration
The emergence of the NLS is also being opposed by the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), the umbrella body of Nigerian lawyers.
Ayorinde said the CAC Registrar General misled the public by “deliberately” failing to make any reference or allusion to the existence of the judgment in suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2023.
Daily Trust had exclusively reported that the Registrar General of the CAC had written to the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, seeking approval to prosecute the Nigerian Law Society and other corporate entities operating without registration in the country.
Ayorinde, in the letter, written on 12th August and acknowledged on 16th August by the CAC noted that he was the 1st plaintiff in suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2023 between Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, & 5 Others V. Corporate Affairs Commission, which was decided on 15th December, 2023.
He accused the CAC of refusing to register the NLS as ordered by the court.
Parts of the letter read: “In the said judgment, the Honourable Court clearly granted all the Plaintiff’s claims and specifically directed your Commission to register the Nigerian Law Society.
“Your Commission has failed, refused and or neglected to obey the judgment of the Federal High Court and whose judgment remains extant even though you have filed an appeal on record. It is also noted that despite filing the same appeal, you have not secured any order to stay the direction in the judgement.”
Ayorinde said the CAC Registrar General misled the public by “deliberately” failing to make any reference or allusion to the existence of the judgment in suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2023.
Stressing that the claims made by the CAC against the NLS are untrue, false and misleading, Ayorinde asked the Registrar General to issue a public letter of apology to retract and correct the alleged defamatory publication.
Ayorinde warned that if the retraction is not published within seven days of the receipt of the letter, he would have no other choice than to sue the CAC Registrar General in court to compel the retraction.
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Ayo Fayose Gets Presidential Portfolio As REA Board Chairman
Fayose will head the board of REA, with Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta appointed as members and non-executive directors,” said Onanuga.
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Board.
The President also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.
24 others were also appointed to 10 federal government agencies and commissions.
The appointments were contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja.
According to the statement, “All the appointments take immediate effect.”
“Fayose will head the board of REA, with Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta appointed as members and non-executive directors,” said Onanuga.
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BREAKING: ICPC grills Gbajabiamila over PFIPC scandal
According to Jiti Ogunye, Gbajabiamila’s counsel, the president’s chief of staff appeared at the ICPC headquarters on Monday, where he was questioned over the PFIPC controversy.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has interrogated Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, over his role in the emergence of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC).
According to Jiti Ogunye, Gbajabiamila’s counsel, the president’s chief of staff appeared at the ICPC headquarters on Monday, where he was questioned over the PFIPC controversy.
Details soon
(The Cable)
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NBC Begins Training of Free -To- Air TV Installers
” We are doing it to ensure that they can properly track the NigComsat signal. We found out that installers are very critical to the success of the DSO project because we recently launched the DTH project. We are going DTT. We are going DTH. We are doing mobile App.”
•50 set-top box installers and technicians in Ibadan
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has commenced nationwide capacity-building exercise to prepare installers for the rollout of the country’s renewed Digital Switchover (DSO) programme.
The Head of the DSO Unit and Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the Commission, Mrs. Clementine Usman-Wamba, announced the development during training of more than 50 set-top box installers and technicians in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
According to her, broadcasters would be shut out of analogue broadcasting transmission by 2028, hence the need for the training of installers that are professionals to assist in the process.
She said, “We are actually here in Ibadan to train installers specifically to be part of the Digital Switch Over process.We are doing it in conjunction with Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited, (NigComSat). It is a joint outreach that we are doing here today.”
” We are doing it to ensure that they can properly track the NigComsat signal. We found out that installers are very critical to the success of the DSO project because we recently launched the DTH project. We are going DTT. We are going DTH. We are doing mobile App.”
She said that the installation of Free TV is to enable Nigerians to have access to many channels without subscription, noting that the NBC has embarked on the training of the installers of decoders and dishes nationwide for effective take off of the project.
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