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 […]
The new President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Abubakar Mahmud (SAN), formally took office yesterday with a call for the reform of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The reform should limit the EFCC’s role to investigation, he […]
Conflicting verdicts by courts of concurrent jurisdiction keep recurring. Last week, two judges of the Federal High Court gave conflicting rulings on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention. There seems to be no end in sight to this problem. How […]
A housewife, Barira Yusuf, on Friday appeared before a Kano Upper Sharia Court, for allegedly causing the death of a four-day-old baby. The accused is being charged by the police for negligent conduct, an offence punishable under Section 96 of […]