Monday Okpebholo has been inaugurated as the governor of Edo, marking an end to the eight-year stint of Godwin Obaseki at the helm of affairs in the South-South state. The ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Read more…
Category: Judiciary
The President of the Court of Appeal Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem has set up a three-member special panel to hear all appeals relating to the political disputes in Rivers State, including the one between Governor Simianalayi Fubara and the House of Read more…
Chidi Odinkalu, a prominent Nigerian lawyer and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, has expressed his disappointment with the newly appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, for attending a special dinner hosted by the Governor of Read more…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on judges to ensure they uphold the rule of law in the course of their duty, urging them to refrain from delivering judgments that would portray the judiciary in a bad light. The Read more…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has revealed that the Force has successfully recovered N10 million allegedly extorted from a group of young Nigerians by four officers in Bayelsa State. The officers, identified as ASP Emmanuel Ubong and Read more…
Indications emerged during the week that the National Judicial Council (NJC) headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun is set to hold a crucial meeting anytime soon to consider, among others, reports of its several committees Read more…
A coalition of 51 anti-corruption groups has formally petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the immediate arrest and prosecution of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Read more…
Three major oil marketers in the country, yesterday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop what they described as plot by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, to monopolise the energy sector of the economy. The marketers, including Read more…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has directed that all the minors arrested and facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest should immediately be released without prejudice to the law. President Tinubu also directed the Minister of Humanitarian Read more…
A court in Russia’s far-eastern city of Vladivostok on Friday convicted a former U.S. Consulate worker charged with cooperating with a foreign state and sentenced him to four years and 10 months in prison. Robert Shonov, a Russian citizen and Read more…
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Friday, prevented Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from his legal team. This was disclosed by Kanu’s Lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor via a post on X. Ejimakor disclosed that Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Coalition, an NGO affiliated with the party, has called on the judiciary to maintain impartiality in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State. This follows the recent judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, Read more…