The Nigerian Bar Association has called out the Senate over its refusal to let Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, return to her seat after serving out a six-month suspension. NBA President, Afam Osigwe (SAN), speaking on Wednesday, said the upper […]
By Yinka Kolawole The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has voiced the desire of the organised private sector (OPS) in Nigeria on how the incentives schemes in the newly enacted tax laws could be used to spur industrialisation in […]
A Bauchi State High Court has dismissed an application for an order of perpetual injunction that will restrain the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from taking any action relating to the financial activities (in the name […]
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come under pressure to prove his anti-corruption credentials as more than 500 lawyers, professionals and civil rights activists marched to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]
By Olayinka Ajayi JOURNALIST and founder of Media Room Hub, Azuka Ogujiuba, has given a detailed account of how two officers of the Nigerian Police Force orchestrated her detention for three days over the publication of a court injunction on […]
By James Ogunnaike The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, yesterday,lamented over what she described as long-standing poor remuneration and unfair treatment of judicial officers in Nigeria, pointing out that the unfair treatment is plaguing the country’s judicial […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a criminal charge against a politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, for allegedly making a false claim against the person of the President, Bola Tinubu, by referring to him as a criminal. […]
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – A human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, Tuesday, begged former Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to compassionately discontinue the case over alleged stealing of jewellery after one of the accused persons, Sahabi Liman, allegedly died […]
By Paul Iyoghojie A cashier at Pinnacle Filling Station in Lekki, Lagos, Shakiru Anyanwale, 39, has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court over allegations of fraud involving N4,195,000. According to police reports, Anyanwale was accused of diverting proceeds from […]
By Favour Ulebor & Agency report A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, to more than eight years in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud that stole over $6 million from more than […]