Two prominent Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International Nigeria, have called on Minister Uche Nnaji, who is involved in the certificate scandal, to resign and apologise to the nation. The leader of Read more…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio challenging the legality of the six months suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central over alleged misconduct. Justice James Omotosho dismissed Read more…
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the arraignment of pro-democracy campaigner and publisher, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and two others on cybercrime charges to October 27. Their scheduled arraignment was stalled due to the inability of Read more…
Most Widely Read NewspaperSubscribe: Punch E-Paper Home News Featured Metro Plus Business Sports HealthWise PUNCH Lite Editorial Columns Videos Continuation From Print Dangote vs PENGASSAN: NLC mobilises workers for strike against refinery The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed its affiliate unions to Read more…
The Federal High Court ,Abuja, yesterday ,adjourned the adoption of final written addresses in the case against James Nolan, a director in the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd, until November 3. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the case following the absence Read more…
The Lagos State Police Command said it will on Friday arraign a National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, leader, Shamsideen Adio, popularly known as Shameleon, over the alleged killing of a dispatch rider in Lagos Island. Recalled that, Adio, Read more…
Sowore was reacting to the U.S. government’s stern warning issued to Nigerian politicians and elites involved in corruption, stressing that its visa restrictions extend to even the most “high-profile” individuals. Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Read more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Prof. Awa U. Kalu, has formally written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, distancing himself from allegations of forgery and impersonation against an Abuja-based lawyer, Victor Giwa. However, despite the letter, the police Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has called on the state to embrace the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of democratic governance in the state, as a moment of fresh beginning. Why I Didn’t Challenge Emergency Read more…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again been reminded by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that it is illegal for him to use his office to prevent Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) from returning to the Senate after the expiration Read more…
Dangote Refinery and Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers of Nigeria are in a war of words over N1.5 trillion fuel subsidy claims. The $20 billion 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery in a statement on Wednesday accused DAPPMAN of requesting N1.5 trillion as subsidies Read more…
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…