President Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders in his latest effort to refuse citizenship to some children born in the United States, after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship. “We had a very unfortunate decision Read more…
Mr Mamman’s case has brought renewed attention to how public officers’ conduct in office has deepened Nigeria’s long-running power crisis. When the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced the re-arrest of the fleeing former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman in May, the news Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has explained why it froze the bank accounts of the Osun State Government, saying the action was taken to prevent the alleged diversion of public funds despite the state’s August 15 governorship election. The Read more…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has directed lawyers and court officials to immediately stop using the title “Barrister” before their names in all official dealings with the Supreme Court. The directive, which takes immediate effect, was issued Read more…
This is another part of a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive series on the failed coup against President Tinubu revealing how the alleged mastermind paid millions of naira to seek spiritual backing for the plot. For months, Mohammed Ma’aji, a Nigerian Army Read more…
Counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has insisted that he voluntarily withdrew from representing the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in December 2023, maintaining that reports suggesting he was only recently dismissed distort the facts. Read more…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has vacated the judgment that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties accused of failing to meet constitutional requirements. Home National Columns Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze Human Rights Lawyer and Social Critic Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq in his recent article titled ‘ANOTHER GLOBAL LAUREL FROM ACROSS THE NIGER — A GROWING CHORUS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR AN UNRELENTING JOURNEY IN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY’ Read more…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), sitting in Lagos, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of 70 soldiers of the Nigerian Army who were convicted by courts-martial in 2014 but later granted presidential pardon by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor An Nnewi-based businessman, Mr. Ejike Mbamalu, proprietor of Nnewi Auto Spare Parts, has approached the Federal High Court, Court 2, sitting in Awka, seeking protection over what he described as repeated harassment and alleged infringement of his Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze Human Rights Lawyer and Social Critic Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq has congratulated the newly elected president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya SAN urging every member of the bar to overlook election related grievances. Read more…
Court of Appeal, Abuja, has overturned the Federal High Court judgment that nullified portions of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) electoral guidelines for the 2027 general election, affirming the electoral body’s constitutional authority to regulate the conduct of elections. In a Read more…