The group described the alleged plot as “wicked,” accusing the DSS of attempting to “create a false scene of insecurity so that the Nigerian government can announce a lockdown of Abuja under the pretext of ‘security concerns.’” The Global Defence Read more…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Monday announced sweeping interventions in the judiciary in Abuja, pledging to end the era of judges living in rented apartments while also digitising the operations of the FCT High Read more…
HUMAN Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said that the Ogoni 4 and the Ogoni 9 were brutally killed by the Sani Abacha military junta in 1995. While speaking at the 84th posthumous birthday lecture of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Port Read more…
•ADC seeks Nnaji’s suspension The Nigerian Bar Association, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, have weighed in on the certificate forgery allegation against the Minister Read more…
Two prominent Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International Nigeria, have called on Minister Uche Nnaji, who is involved in the certificate scandal, to resign and apologise to the nation. The leader of Read more…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio challenging the legality of the six months suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central over alleged misconduct. Justice James Omotosho dismissed Read more…
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the arraignment of pro-democracy campaigner and publisher, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and two others on cybercrime charges to October 27. Their scheduled arraignment was stalled due to the inability of Read more…
Most Widely Read NewspaperSubscribe: Punch E-Paper Home News Featured Metro Plus Business Sports HealthWise PUNCH Lite Editorial Columns Videos Continuation From Print Dangote vs PENGASSAN: NLC mobilises workers for strike against refinery The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed its affiliate unions to Read more…
The Federal High Court ,Abuja, yesterday ,adjourned the adoption of final written addresses in the case against James Nolan, a director in the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd, until November 3. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the case following the absence Read more…
The Lagos State Police Command said it will on Friday arraign a National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, leader, Shamsideen Adio, popularly known as Shameleon, over the alleged killing of a dispatch rider in Lagos Island. Recalled that, Adio, Read more…
Sowore was reacting to the U.S. government’s stern warning issued to Nigerian politicians and elites involved in corruption, stressing that its visa restrictions extend to even the most “high-profile” individuals. Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Read more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Prof. Awa U. Kalu, has formally written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, distancing himself from allegations of forgery and impersonation against an Abuja-based lawyer, Victor Giwa. However, despite the letter, the police Read more…