Former Governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has said that for the recent judgment by the Supreme Court on the autonomy of local government can only be effective if the constitution is amended to suit that purpose. Duke said Read more…
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Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, has described the Supreme Court ruling, which gave financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in Nigeria, as defective. Ibori, who made the declaration in a post on his X handle, said Read more…
Former governor o Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has commended Supreme Court judgement on Local Government autonomy. Vanguard had reported how Supreme Court on Thursday granted autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country. Reacting to the Read more…
An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has revealed that the embattled Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Governor Godwin Emefiele, and his wife Margaret, were not signatories to the account alleged to have been owned by them. Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, for the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. The Read more…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an Exparte Order of Interim Injunction barring the Chief Judge of the State and the Clerk of the State House of Assembly from dealing with the Martins Amaewhule’s led Read more…
Customers of OPay, a Chinese backed fintech have been able to complete card payments without getting debited and have racked up a ₦714 million bill following a system glitch. The fintech has, however, been able to take legal action to Read more…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in 12 judges into the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. According to Channels Television, this was disclosed on Sunday in a statement by Read more…
Legal luminary and Elder Statesman, Aare Afe Babalola has said that Nigeria will remain perpetually poor it fails to produce rather than consume more. Babalola made this known over the weekend in Ado-Ekiti, while performing the dual role of declaring Read more…
Rivers state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has played down the gravity of the Thursday’s ruling by the Court of Appeal in Abuja which quashed the ruling of the High Court in Port Harcourt on the defection of Martins Amaewhule and 26 Read more…
National Democratic Coalition (NDC) has described the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which re-instated the seats of the 24 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a low point in Read more…
Legal representatives of the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, in the ongoing Kano emirate tussle have withdrawn their services in the case before the State High Court. The action by the legal representatives is to show their Read more…