By Dennis Erezi Austine Avuru Founder and former MD/CEO of Seplat, Austin Avuru, has urged members of the public to disregard his purported sacking as a non-executive director of the company. Avuru in a statement by his lawyer, Osaro Eghobamien, SAN […]
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By Okungbowa Aiwerie The family of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the pupil of Dowen College, Lagos, alleged to have been killed by his schoolmates, have kicked against the bail granted five pupils of the school being tried for Oromoni Jnr’s murder. A […]
• Fayemi lays foundation for Magistrates’ Court’s complex in Port Harcourt By Mike Odiegwu Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has queried the Judiciary in the state over its utilisation of all the budgetary allocations it received from the government in the […]
By Mike Odiegwu Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described as alarming the intimidation of judges by the National Judicial Commission (NJC). He believes that the judiciary does not do enough to protect judges. He said most politicians who lose cases […]
By Unini Chioma A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed February 15, 2022, for a hearing of the suit by 36 states governors seeking to stop deductions of $418m Paris Club refund debt. Justice Inyang Ekwo directed lawyers to […]
AUTHOR:Bolanle Olabimtan The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded N147 million as compensation to 27 victims of police brutality. Following the #EndSARS protest in 2020, the federal government had directed states — including the FCT — to set up […]
By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a self-acclaimed prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise to five years imprisonment over a fraud of N128 million fraud. Mabi-Praise was sentenced after she was found […]
By Ngozi Egenuka Lawmaker representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Hon Kingsley Ogundu Chinda, has hailed Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja for making the final list of the Gani Fawhinmi Outstanding Integrity Award organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda […]
By Ameh Ochojila • CSOs task agencies to ensure submission of torture report to UN The UN has called on Nigeria to ensure detainees’ rights are brought to the law court and the freedom to challenge the legality of their detention at […]
By Charles Ogugbuaja Stakeholders in the fight against corruption across the country, after an extensive deliberation recently, have urged the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to extend the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS). The implementation of NACS included the two […]