A man, Jude Atuanya, who allegedly defrauded a Lagos microfinance bank of N21million with others still at large, has been released on bail on the order of a court. An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Mrs O. A. […]
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu has emerged the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the governorship election scheduled for November 26, 2016 in Ondo State. The declaration making Akeredolu the flag bearer of the […]
A group of herdsmen has decided to challenge the legality of “Ekiti State Open Grazing Prohibition Bill” signed into law by Governor Ayodele Fayose on Monday. In an interview with The Guardian yesterday in Oke-Ako, Ikole local council, the herdsmen […]
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Government on the modalities for the return of Nigerian stolen assets. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, signed on behalf of the Federal Government in […]
Magu, EFCC acting chairman, right, with former NBA leaders, led by Augustine Alegeh, second right Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said Nigerian lawyers and judges ”are peopled by very many seasoned, upright members, who have made and are […]
President to insurgents: pick NGO as mediator ‘We’re for talks with Niger Delta militants’ The Federal Government will dialogue with bonafide leaders of Boko Haram to bring back the abducted Chibok girls, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The “degraded” sect […]
Some Lagos-based lawyers have condemned parading of arrested suspects by the police, saying it is unconstitutional and damaging to the person involved. Suspected cultists They said that often those paraded were innocent and in the event of their being pronounced […]
By: Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has read the riot act to land grabbers in the state, saying it will not hesitate to prosecute them over undue encroachment on people’s property. The government also charged residents of the state […]
A South African court has rejected a prosecutor’s request to appeal Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence. The Judge, Thokozile Masipa said their petition had no reasonable prospects of success. The court had sentenced the Paralympics gold medallist in July for […]
The Federal Government’s plan to reintroduce the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) campaign is expectedly generating interest in the country. It is reminiscent of the war against indiscipline in public life which went by the same name, and was launched by […]