ICPC has faced a stream of criticisms since its controversial release of former Governor El-Rufai from custody on Friday snubbing a court order remanding him pending the hearing of his bail application. Some lawyers have condemned the Independent Corrupt Practices Read more…
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not aware of any court order stopping it from holding its National Convention scheduled to commence today. The spokesman of the caretaker committee, Jungudo Mohammed, who Read more…
The court freed Ms Oduah and a co-defendant following a deal they struck with the prosecution. The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, freed former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, and her co-defendant from N2.5 billion fraud charges Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his Sunday position that the OPL 245 matter is far from resolved, noting that it remains the subject of multiple subsisting legal proceedings, including cases before the Supreme Court and the Federal High Court. His latest reaction Read more…
Justice Peter Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, (SAN). The judge issued Read more…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has pushed back against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, insisting that the long-running dispute over the OPL 245 oil block has been conclusively resolved. In a statement issued on Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reassured the public that Union Bank of Nigeria Plc remains stable and fully operational, despite a Federal High Court ruling that nullified its earlier intervention in the bank’s leadership. In a statement issued Read more…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was on Tuesday morning brought before the Federal High Court under tight security for his arraignment over alleged corruption-related offences, as journalists were denied access to the courtroom. El-Rufai arrived at the court premises Read more…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, was captured in a tense exchange with operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, during an early morning raid at his residence in Abuja. In a video cited online, Malami is Read more…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has said it will arraign former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, before the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday over alleged corruption-related offences. The planned arraignment follows mounting pressure from Read more…
National Coordinator of Take Back Nigeria Initiative (TBNI), Abumchukwu Okoye, has said that Ramadan which just ended has afforded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu enough time to repent of his sins committed against Nigerian through the harsh economic policies he has been Read more…
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…