Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

Category: Judiciary


Justice Peter Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, (SAN). The judge issued Read more…


The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has pushed back against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, insisting that the long-running dispute over the OPL 245 oil block has been conclusively resolved. In a statement issued on Read more…


The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reassured the public that Union Bank of Nigeria Plc remains stable and fully operational, despite a Federal High Court ruling that nullified its earlier intervention in the bank’s leadership. In a statement issued Read more…


Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was on Tuesday morning brought before the Federal High Court under tight security for his arraignment over alleged corruption-related offences, as journalists were denied access to the courtroom. El-Rufai arrived at the court premises Read more…


Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, was captured in a tense exchange with operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, during an early morning raid at his residence in Abuja. In a video cited online, Malami is Read more…


The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has said it will arraign former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, before the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday over alleged corruption-related offences. The planned arraignment follows mounting pressure from Read more…


National Coordinator of Take Back Nigeria Initiative (TBNI), Abumchukwu Okoye, has said that Ramadan which just ended has afforded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu enough time to repent of his sins committed against Nigerian through the harsh economic policies he has been Read more…


By Uzo Ugwunze Human Rights Lawyer and Social Critic Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq has decried the decline on the standards of the noble legal profession calling in the country on the The Nigerian Bar Association, the Body of Benchers, the Read more…


The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday said the continued detention of former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) is a violation of his fundamental human rights. ADC Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor It was assemblage of who is who in Awka, the Anambra State capital as Gov Charles Soludo was inaugurated for his second term in office. Toping the list of eminent personalities who graced the occasion included VP Read more…


HRH Igwe KON Orizu III, Igwe Nnewi, on behalf of himself and the entire Nnewi community, heartily congratulate Mr Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on the occasion of the Oath taking for the Office of Executive Governor of Anambra state. Read more…


Pope Leo XIV opens the judicial year of the Vatican Tribunal, and recalls the deep bond between justice, charity, and societal stability. At the opening ceremony of the Judicial Year of the Vatican City State, Pope Leo XIV expressed his Read more…