The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja bluntly refused to allow the State Houses of Assembly to be joined as defendants in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments Read more…
The Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba on Tuesday sentenced Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Nigeria Police Force to death on a murder charge. The court presided over by Justice C. D. Diai convicted and sentenced the Inspector to Read more…
The solution to Nigerian electoral transparency would come where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Judiciary do not collude to rig the elections across the country. Guest speaker at the “2024 Democracy Day Lecture: June 12 and Read more…
Chidi Odinkalu, a prominent Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, has expressed concern over the apparent disregard for the law by Nigerian judges. In a recent post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Odinkalu questioned a Read more…
A Kano High Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat has granted order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, detaining, harassing, intimidating or inviting the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has through the Court of Appeal, Abuja, recovered 20 properties, 10 vehicles and three princely wristwatches from two brothers, Olisaebuka Eze and Onyeka Nnadozie Eze, for a petitioner, Arthur Eze. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Read more…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to show cause why the planned inauguration of the newly Read more…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has asked the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho, to either Apologise or face legal action for allegedly invading his privacy. Adams made this demand in a pre-litigation letter written Read more…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Kaduna State chapter said the reports of the Kaduna State House of Assembly investigations on financial expenditure of the immediate past administration of Malam Nasir Elrufai has vindicated their position. A statement issued by PDP Read more…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has underscored the need for judicial integrity, saying that politicians will stop approaching courts as soon as they realise that judges will not declare losers as winners after elections. He spoke Tuesday at the inauguration of Read more…
The chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, presented a report during plenary on Wednesday. The report found that most loans obtained under El-Rufai’s administration were not used for their intended purpose, and that due process was not followed Read more…
The Senate, on Wednesday, approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. The Red Chamber approved the report presented by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Read more…