Month: November 2016

The National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Muiz Adeyemi Banire (SAN), has stepped down from the position following an allegation that he bribed a judge with N500,000. The decision is contained in a letter on Monday […]

Attorney-Gen. ‘insists on trial’Amina Augie, Ejembi Eko join Supreme CourtChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Mahmud Mohammed yesterday explained why the National Judicial Council (NJC) directed judges under probe for criminal allegations to stop sitting pending when their innocence is established.The […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, has scheduled December 2 for a judgment on the on-going case between Governor Ayo Fayose and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the seizure of the governor’s accounts […]

NJC to write judges under probe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced suspicious funds to more Supreme Court Justices.Two Justices of the Supreme Court  – Justice Inyang Okoro and Justice Sylvester Ngwuta – are among the 15 judges under […]

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minster of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).He was reported to have been released by the EFCC […]

Supreme :me Court’s bank account said to  contain billions of naira has attracted  the  attention  of  the Department of State Security Services ( DSS).The organization is currentCreditrobing seven judges,two of them justices of the apex court,for alleged corruption. The account, […]

°CAN, IPOB, Igbo in the North reject verdictFrom Desmond Mgboh/Kano The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Igbo Delegate Assembly in the 19 Northern States (IDA) have expressed disappointment over the discharge of the five suspects accused of murdering […]

TWO mobile policemen have been arrested in Delta State for allegedly kidnapping a businessman, one Daniel Umukoro in Abraka in Ethiope East Local Council of the state. The state Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Andrew Aniamaka, who confirmed the […]

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred judges being investigated for criminal offences from presiding over cases and performing other functions relating to their offices pending when their innocence is established.The NJC made the decision at its 79th meeting held […]