Chidi Odinkalu, a prominent Nigerian human rights activist, has strongly criticized the decision of a Federal High Court judge in Kano, Justice Abdullahi Liman, to intervene in the ongoing royal tussle in the state. Odinkalu said the Federal High Court has Read more…
The executive chairman of Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State, Samuel Nwanosike, has said he will not vacate office after the expiration of his tenure on June 17. Nwanosike said his decision was in obedience to the newly amended Read more…
Man bags six months jail term for Naira abuse in Benin by Adam MosadioluwaMay 24, 2024 Reading Time: 1 min readA Ahttps://3c9e228bac35a85518835bf54caefb20.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html A Nigerian man identified as Osazee Kenneth Imagbenikaro has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for spraying naira notes. In the Read more…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has made clear that it would cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) if proposed arrest warrants are issued against Israeli leaders over alleged war crimes against the Palestinians. Speaking at a press briefing on Read more…
In an unprecedented move, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted permission to a detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge, to travel to his hometown to bury his mother. The court, Read more…
The APC-PDP Youth Forum has welcomed the court judgment invalidating the amended Local Government Law proposed by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement signed by its chairman, Comrade Nwogu Benjamin, the group Read more…
The High Court in London has ruled that WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has the right to appeal an extradition request by the US. Washington is seeking to put the Australian publisher on trial for espionage for disclosing alleged war crimes Read more…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Limited. The judge determined that Gambaryan is likely to abscond if released on bail. Gambaryan and Binance Holdings Limited Read more…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday reserved judgment until June 3 in the money laundering charge against a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji. Justice Mohammed Liman gave the date after prosecution and Read more…
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Victor Onyejiuwa, on Friday, told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he paid a $600,000 bribe to Read more…
This was contained in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Thursday .https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=375&slotname=5559997686&adk=383029687&adf=972153264&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=360&abgtt=7&lmt=1715714001&rafmt=11&format=360×375&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Fpolice-legal-officers-get-igps-marching-orders-on-rights-due-process%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&wgl=1&dt=1715724026509&bpp=10&bdt=781&idt=820&shv=r20240509&mjsv=m202405080101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D06bd9a19950fee80-228db99240e000ff%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1715723852%3AS%3DALNI_MbC8skCs4ebnwglGM5u4k6lTU5mHw&gpic=UID%3D00000d040e7e3532%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1715723852%3AS%3DALNI_MaUaQ3b_8VGnevtHWowzDhtzfQSsw&eo_id_str=ID%3Dbed612196c3467bf%3AT%3D1706831129%3ART%3D1715723852%3AS%3DAA-AfjYSRgOf6GOKi6lJ12o6iGNz&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=6456734340938&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=2052961092.1690064131&ga_sid=1715724027&ga_hid=824222914&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=50&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_sd=2&dmc=4&adx=0&ady=1519&biw=360&bih=688&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C44759842%2C95331982%2C95331712%2C95332415&oid=2&pvsid=1460232156101053&tmod=635139877&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C688%2C360%2C688&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=886 Humsimedia gathered that the meeting was in line with the IGP’s administration’s policy to bequeath to Nigerians a Police Force Read more…
In a significant development, former Vice-President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, hosted Labour Party (LP) national leader Peter Obi in his Abuja residence. This comes barely 15 months after the last general elections that saw Bola Tinubu Read more…