New Texas law requires drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian until they turn 18

New Texas law requires drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian until they turn 18

A new Texas law requires drunken drivers who kill parents or guardians to pay child support to the victims’ children until they turn 18 .   Bipartisan House Bill 393 went into effect on Friday, September 1.   Children will receive payments until they turn 18 or graduate from high school, whichever comes later.  …

Sexual Harassment: Law faculty principal officers are now women

Sexual Harassment: Law faculty principal officers are now women

Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Obi has revealed some of the measures taken to address the sexual harassment crisis rocking the law faculty of the institution.    Recall that the Dean of Faculty of Law, Prof Cyril Ndifon was suspended after some law students embarked on a protest, accusing him…

Sexual Harassment: Law faculty principal officers are now women

Sexual Harassment: Law faculty principal officers are now women

Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Obi has revealed some of the measures taken to address the sexual harassment crisis rocking the law faculty of the institution.    Recall that the Dean of Faculty of Law, Prof Cyril Ndifon was suspended after some law students embarked on a protest, accusing him…

US imposes visa restrictions on Uganda government officials for passing anti-LGBTQ law

US imposes visa restrictions on Uganda government officials for passing anti-LGBTQ law

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Ugandan government officials after the country’s parliament passed an anti-LGBTQ law that has been condemned by many countries and the United Nations.   The law was enacted in May and carries the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” an offence that includes transmitting HIV through gay sex. The…

OJ Simpson gives Trump advice and, believe it or not, there’s something important to talk about

OJ Simpson gives Trump advice and, believe it or not, there’s something important to talk about

We know how you feel. When we heard that Trump was being indicted again, we asked ourselves, ‘sure, we can hear from politicians, pundits, lawyers and other serious people. But what does double-murderer OJ Simpson have to say about this?’ Okay, we are pretty sure you were not thinking that. We certainly weren’t. Still, OJ…

President Tinubu signs Electricity Act 2023 into law; empowers states and private companies to generate power

President Tinubu signs Electricity Act 2023 into law; empowers states and private companies to generate power

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assented to the Electricity Act 2023, which was initially passed by lawmakers in July 2022.   The Electricity Act will replace the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA), 2005.   The new Electricity Act will enable the de-monopolization of Nigeria’s electricity generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity at the National…

Baby daughter Lucy is ‘one of the first’ gestational surrogacies in New York

Baby daughter Lucy is ‘one of the first’ gestational surrogacies in New York

Andy Cohen says daughter Lucy was one of the first babies to be born via gestational surrogacy in New York. “I wanted to have the baby in New York, or I wanted my surrogate to have the baby in New York. And so Lucy was one of the first surrogate babies born here,” the “Watch…

”Hate on Igbos”: You had better start investing time educating people rather than pandering to the mob who are still babies in Nigeria politics

”Hate on Igbos”: You had better start investing time educating people rather than pandering to the mob who are still babies in Nigeria politics

Comedian Seyi Law has replied Big Brother Naija star, Pere who countered him on claim of Igbos propagating hate and not having respect for hierarchy or authority.    Pere who had earlier spoken up against the ‘’hate Igbos are subjected to in Nigeria,” pointed out that his initial tweet iis easily understandable. He also asked…

Remain calm and law abiding- Obi urges his supporters ahead of Tinubu’s inauguration

Remain calm and law abiding- Obi urges his supporters ahead of Tinubu’s inauguration

Ahead of tomorrow’s inauguration of President -elect, Bola Tinubu, as the 16th President of Nigeria. Peter Obi who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, has called on his supporters and citizens in general to remain calm and law abiding, as only the court of law will…

Lawyer learns you can’t trust ChatGPT the really, really hard way

Lawyer learns you can’t trust ChatGPT the really, really hard way

We have been keeping one eye on the rise of AI chatbots and we think maybe they’re this year’s Nintendo Power Glove. If you don’t remember this device, here’s an old ad for it: Nintendo Power Glove ad (1989):pic.twitter.com/HdlC9GqPug — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 12, 2020 What the ad was selling to you was ‘the…

Montana GOP Governor Signs New Law, Making State First to Ban TikTok – RedState

Montana GOP Governor Signs New Law, Making State First to Ban TikTok – RedState

Montana’s Republican legislature and GOP governor have now put the force of law behind the first ever U.S. state ban on the social media platform TikTok. BREAKING: Montana has become the first state to completely ban TikTok after the governor signed the most sweeping measure in the U.S. attempting to curtail the app. — The…

It is illegal as it constitutes a violation of Section 5 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law

It is illegal as it constitutes a violation of Section 5 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law

Nigerian lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, who accompanied singer Seun Kuti to the Lagos state police command headquarters earlier today, has faulted the decision of the police to take the singer’s photos, share them online as well as handcuff him.   In a statement released, Olumide-Fusika stated that the process was illegal, as it constitutes a violation…

Saudi Arabia to start welcoming LGBTQ tourists, in major shift from Sharia law

Saudi Arabia to start welcoming LGBTQ tourists, in major shift from Sharia law

  LGBTQ tourists can now visit Saudi Arabia, according to the kingdom’s official tourism site.   The shift follows a series of social and economic changes that the kingdom has made in recent years. Homosexuality, however, remains illegal in the country, though homosexuality laws are not always enforced.   The Saudi Tourism Authority’s website visitsaudi.com…

Biden's Inflation Reduction Act reduces nothing – Twitter noticed

Biden's Inflation Reduction Act reduces nothing – Twitter noticed

President Biden has been touting the Inflation Reduction Act like it will single-handedly save the American economy. The Inflation Reduction Act will cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors on Medicare at a maximum of $2,000 a year. This is a game-changer. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 29, 2023 But will the game actually change, Joe? Will…

Trump-indicting D.A. Alvin Bragg has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in federal court

Trump-indicting D.A. Alvin Bragg has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in federal court

Previously, dear reader, we told you about how New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg faceplanted in federal court when seeking an immediate injunction against Jim Jordan without even giving the other side a chance to respond. The whole thing arose from the subpoena of Mark Pomerantz, who used to work for in the district attorney’s…

Benue anti-open grazing law still in force – Ortom

Benue anti-open grazing law still in force – Ortom

The Benue State Government has disclosed that the Benue law against open Grazing still stands despite suspending the activities of the implementing agents, the Benue Livestock Guards.   The state government through the Special Adviser on Media Mr. Terver Akase yesterday said It had become pertinent to clarify the misconceptions regarding the decision of the…

Twitter user reminds Seyi Law of his past after the comedian accused a man of claiming his wife’s achievement as his

Twitter user reminds Seyi Law of his past after the comedian accused a man of claiming his wife’s achievement as his

A Twitter user has slammed Seyi Law after the comedian shamed a man for claiming his wife’s achievement as his.  Seyi Law had tweeted: “Somebody on this app said Tinubu is trying to steal his way to power, and I almost commented, ‘But you stole your wife’s achievements in the real estate business as yours.’…