The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, and other respondents in the suit by some natives of Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State were absent, yesterday when the matter came up before a Federal High Court in Warri, Read more…
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over Israeli officials, US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told journalists on Tuesday, as the war in Gaza is on track to enter its seventh month. His statement followed reports that Read more…
On April 17, Nigerians woke up to the sordid spectacle of a large contingent of heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooping on the Abuja resident of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello ostensibly to arrest Read more…
Court Of Appeal Awards N250,000 Cost Against Lawyer in Extrajudicial Killings Case Against Federal Government. The Abuja Division of the Appeal Court had upheld a lower court’s judgment that dismissed his suit seeking to address the increasing cases of extrajudicial Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor An Ihiala High Court in Ihiala Judicial Division, sitting at Nnewi, Nnewi LGA of Anambra State has heard Read more…
Senior Nigerian public officers are notoriously parsimonious with their recall once out of office. From among their club memoirs are unusual. In a country ruled by whim, risk aversion is prudent when you are out of power. By feigning amnesia, Read more…
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed May 2, for hearing in a suit seeking to stop the Rivers State Government from withholding the financial allocations of the 42 Local Government Councils in the state. Justice Read more…
Joseph Aloba, the father of late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, otherwise known as Mohbad, says he has served a notice of the pending DNA test application on his son’s wife, Wunmi, by substituted means. PUNCH Metro reported that the Chief Read more…
Embattled former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, has debunked allegations surrounding the payment of school fees for his children from the state coffers. Recall Chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, during a media briefing on Tuesday, April Read more…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in favor of Mr. Patrick Arueze in a long-standing breach of contract case against the popular music duo P-Square, consisting of Peter and Paul Okoye, and their brother Jude Okoye. The court has Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja seeking to set aside the interim injunction barring it from arresting the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for trial.The Read more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana has called for the immediate disbandment of the board of inquiry established by the Nigerian Defence Headquarters to probe the gruesome killing of soldiers at Okuama community in Delta State.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=300&slotname=5559997686&adk=3151171345&adf=3799837867&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=360&lmt=1714009894&rafmt=1&armr=1&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Ffalana-to-agf-delta-governor-should-set-up-panel-on-slain-soldiers-not-the-military-cites-armed-forces-act%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&rs=1&rh=375&rw=360&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1714016076989&bpp=18&bdt=4246&idt=-M&shv=r20240423&mjsv=m202404220101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D06bd9a19950fee80-228db99240e000ff%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1714016016%3AS%3DALNI_MbC8skCs4ebnwglGM5u4k6lTU5mHw&gpic=UID%3D00000d040e7e3532%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1714016016%3AS%3DALNI_MaUaQ3b_8VGnevtHWowzDhtzfQSsw&eo_id_str=ID%3Dbed612196c3467bf%3AT%3D1706831129%3ART%3D1714016016%3AS%3DAA-AfjYSRgOf6GOKi6lJ12o6iGNz&prev_fmts=0x0%2C360x300&nras=2&correlator=7675153410402&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=2052961092.1690064131&ga_sid=1714016074&ga_hid=1893379267&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=1878&biw=360&bih=688&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C44759837%2C31082778%2C31082968%2C31083029%2C95331045&oid=2&pvsid=3802762334655789&tmod=1071680212&uas=3&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=3&uci=a!3&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=481 The lawyer Read more…