The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has deported the remaining 51 foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and related financial crimes in Read more…
The Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI) has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his recent call for the unconditional release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying the appeal could weaken confidence in Read more…
The Kano State Government has filed a lawsuit against former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, two of his sons, and several others before the State High Court over an alleged N4.49 billion fraud. The suit seeks to recover the state’s 20 per Read more…
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court has dismissed a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA) against the Lagos State government and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The Read more…
Kanu’s legal team argues that the Federal Government’s continued prosecution is unconstitutional, citing multiple violations of his fundamental rights, international law, and the jurisdictional competence of the court. The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Read more…
The nation’s top court has blocked the handover of the detained ex-Ukrainian army officer to Germany Italy’s top court has suspended the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage. The Read more…
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…