The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, yesterday launched the Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD), an initiative that aims to deepen the democratic process in Africa. Tuggar blamed the recent unconstitutional change of governments in some African states on structural […]
By Babajide Komolafe President Bola Tinubu’s bold tax reform initiatives are central to Nigeria’s strategy for economic resilience, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FRSC, has said. Speaking at the maiden lecture series of the […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said yesterday that financial autonomy for the Judiciary would guarantee its independence and bolster its capacity to deliver on its constitutional mandate. She argued that ‘’without genuine financial autonomy, judicial independence would remain […]
By Dayo Johnson The Police has cleared the Executive Chairman of Ado Local Government, Engineer Oche Sunday Oche, of allegations of criminal activity levelled against him by the Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lami Danladi […]
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered a suspected drug dealer, Oluwatobi Salako to be remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly trafficking 138.6kg of cannabis sativa, a narcotic substance. Justice Nkeonye Maha ordered Salako to be remanded […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, convicted the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and sentenced him to five years imprisonment for sexually harrasing his […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the judiciary to take decisive actions to tackle concerns about its integrity, warning that justice must never be for sale. According to him, citizens have not only expressed frustration at […]
The Akure branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Ondo State has called for the conclusion of all election cases before the winners declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are sworn into office. The NBA branch stated this in […]
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court (FHC) will be on Christmas vacation from December 19 to January 7 2026, the Director of Information of the court, Dr Catherine Christopher announced in a statement on Monday in Abuja She said […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Nov. 26 to hear a motion seeking an order compelling the police to investigate and prosecute Mr Chijioke Nwankwoeze over alleged certificate forgery. Nwankwoeze, a Director of Lands Administration, Federal Capital Territory […]