By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AN Edo High Court sitting in Benin City has restrained the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) and the State Government from going ahead with the planned local government by-elections across 59 wards in […]
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By Jeff Agbodo ABAKALIKI — A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has arraigned and remanded five persons over the alleged murder of a youth and the robbery of a truck valued at ₦39 million in Ekoli, Edda Local […]
Atiku Abubakar, the Former Vice President of Nigeria, has claimed that the suspension of Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers state was illegal. Atiku on his social media page on Thursday made this claim, stating that the president should not suspend a […]
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has advised Nigerians abroad to always respect the laws of their host countries, even as it commended security agencies and government institutions for facilitating the release of three citizens recently […]
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Director of Administration of the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority (SRRBDA), Mr. Rabiu Musa Matazu, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for corruptly converting public funds to personal use. Matazu was arraigned on a […]
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) […]
Dr. Rapulu Nduka has called for stronger judicial activism to advance social justice in Nigeria. He made the call while speaking at the 1st Memorial Lecture in honour of the late Adesina Ogulana, held at the Ikeja Bar Center on […]