Tuesday, 16 September, 2025

Category: Judiciary


The Office of the Clerk to the National Assembly has said it lacks the authority to facilitate the resumption of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information in the office, Read more…


A First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in London has dismissed a case filed by one Tali Shani, which challenged the attempt by human rights lawyer Chief Mike Ozekhome to register a property allegedly gifted to him by the former Minister of Read more…


The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an application filed by the Department of State Services, DSS, to expedite proceedings in the trial of the suspected mastermind of the August 26, 2011 bombing of the United Nations building Read more…


The Federal Government will, on Thursday, arraign the two top leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated network, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The two commanders are Mahmud Muhammed Usman, aka Abu Bara’a/Abbas Mukhtar, and his deputy, Read more…


The National Assembly Management has formally declined Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s request to resume legislative duties after serving her six-month suspension over alleged misconduct. The National Assembly bureaucracy stated that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension remained in force, pending the outcome of the Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the November 8, Anambra State guber polls has dismissed with a wave of the hand the court order which allegedly restraining him from parading himself as LP candidate. Dr Moghalu Read more…


Challenges transfer of LG funds case to Abuja  THE government of Osun State has filed a suit at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) over the alleged unlawful withholding of statutory allocations meant for Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the Nigerian judiciary, saying it has been “deeply compromised” and that corruption among judges has turned courts into “a court of corruption rather than a court of justice.” In his new book, Nigeria: Past Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has passed a damming verdict on the nation’s judiciary citing deep rooted corruption and political interference as factors eroding public trust. In his new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, the ex-president uncovered what he calls the Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has included candidates of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the by-elections taking place in 12 states on Saturday, August 16, 2025. INEC had rejected the candidates of the SDP for the election on Read more…


The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has demanded compensation of N2.5 billion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the raid of its facility on August 10. According to the management, the compensation is to Read more…


‎The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has urged the Airline Operators to lift the ‘No Fly’ life ban placed on Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, for unruly behaviour.‎‎In a statement from the Minister, he said in the Read more…