Suspended Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, representing Bauchi Central of Bauchi State in the Senate, has written the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Senate leadership, demanding that the suspension placed on him be lifted. Abdul Ahmad Ningi wrote Sen. Godswiil Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Abdullahi Usman Bello as chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), pending the approval of the Senate. Bello’s appointment was contained in a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Read more…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has requested for the reinstatement of the suspended Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, representing the Bauchi Central Senatorial District. Ningi was suspended on the 12th of March, 2024, by the senate for alleging that the Read more…
Justice Daketima Kio of the Rivers State High Court has declared that Mr Celestine Omehia cannot be held accountable for the payment of millions of naira in pension benefits from the state government. The judge noted this while delivering judgment Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor There was mild drama on Friday as an Ihiala High Court sitting in Nnewi over the abduction of the Labour Party (LP) in the last Anambra State governorship election continued proceedings on the matter. The hearing on Read more…
Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has slated the commencement of trial of one Christopher Jackson Edeh for May 30, 2024. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 28, 2024 arraigned him Read more…
A Moscow court convened late on Sunday to hear prosecutors’ demands on pre-trial detention for a group of men detained in the aftermath of Friday’s Crocus City Hall attack, which claimed lives of over 130 people. The suspects, all of Read more…
A civil servant and staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Ms Asabe Waziri, risks being jailed for disobedience to court order. She was said to have disobeyed the lawful order of court after she invaded a property located Read more…
At the March meeting of the Surulere Lawyers Forum, legal luminary Afam Osigwe, SAN emphasized the importance of improved remuneration for lawyers in Nigeria. Osigwe, who chairs the Remuneration Committee established by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), delivered a keynote address Read more…
Members of the House of Representatives from the South-East region, led by Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, described the rejection of the bail application of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by a Federal High Court Read more…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by one of the lawyers of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Felix Okonkwo, over his unlawful arrest and detention by the police and the Department of State Services. Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, tendered additional evidence against MICAD Project City Services Limited, and James Nolan, a Director of Process and Industrial Development Limited, before Justice Nora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja. Read more…