Month: April 2018

+ A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided a new provision in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018.The bill was recently passed by the National Assembly to reverse the sequence of the conduct of the 2019 elections earlier announced […]

+ A People’s Democratic Party’s chieftain, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, on Wednesday appeared before a Federal High Court, Lagos, charged with a N805 millon fraud.Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta North in the National Assembly, was arraigned on a two-count charge of money […]

+ Miss Monica Osagie, the victim in the sex-for-marks scandal at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has told an investigative panel that the disgraced Professor Richard Akindele deliberately failed her because she refused his sexual demand.She said she did not […]

Death SentenceAn Algerian court has sentenced a Liberian to death “for spying for Israel,” the Algeria Press Service reported on Tuesday.The case was heard by the Ghardaia Court, 600 km south of the capital Algiers, where six other individuals of […]

By NAN Pio Wennubst PHOTO:NAN Switzerland said it has returned all the money kept in the country by late Nigeria’s Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, with 1.5 million dollars interest.Amb. Pio Wennubst, Assistant Director-General and Head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss […]

Posted By: Robert Egbe + Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Prof. Ayodele Atsenuwa, has urged the Federal Government to set up an international database of immigrants to Nigeria.Atsenuwa said this would help to better identify and monitor immigrants’ activities […]

+ The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) election will hold from July 27 to 28.Only lawyers who have paid their practising fees are qualified to vote. Voting will be done electronically.The Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) has released guidelines and […]

By NAN Pause Mute Loaded: 0% Progress: Remaining-0:02 Fullscreen The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday overturned the life sentenced passed by n FCT High Court Maitama lowercourt on 35-year-old David Odey in 2013.Odey was arraigned with eleven others on […]