Friday, 20 March, 2026

Category: Judiciary


By Uzo Ugwunze Human Rights Lawyer and Social Critic Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq has decried the decline on the standards of the noble legal profession calling in the country on the The Nigerian Bar Association, the Body of Benchers, the Read more…


The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday said the continued detention of former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) is a violation of his fundamental human rights. ADC Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor It was assemblage of who is who in Awka, the Anambra State capital as Gov Charles Soludo was inaugurated for his second term in office. Toping the list of eminent personalities who graced the occasion included VP Read more…


HRH Igwe KON Orizu III, Igwe Nnewi, on behalf of himself and the entire Nnewi community, heartily congratulate Mr Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on the occasion of the Oath taking for the Office of Executive Governor of Anambra state. Read more…


Pope Leo XIV opens the judicial year of the Vatican Tribunal, and recalls the deep bond between justice, charity, and societal stability. At the opening ceremony of the Judicial Year of the Vatican City State, Pope Leo XIV expressed his Read more…


The Council of Legal Education has released the list of 114 universities approved to run law programmes in Nigeria. In a circular issued on Friday, the council said only the listed universities are authorised to admit students into the Bachelor Read more…


The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and four others until March 25 Read more…


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has told the Taminu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he and his allies are ready if they decide to go to the Supreme Court. Wike made it call on Read more…


The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally registered as a member of the African Democratic Congress. Obi, who completed his registration in his hometown of Agulu in Aniocha Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday, Read more…


Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has told the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that the investigation against him is politically motivated. The anti-graft agency is probing El-Rufai over alleged financial impropriety during his tenure as governor Read more…


The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that its substantive drug case against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari is ongoing and scheduled for continuation before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, Read more…


Opposition Watch Nigeria (OWN), a civil society advocacy group has commended the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for acceding to open an investigation on Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, over allegations of corruption and undeclared Read more…