A former prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nkereuwem Anana, has filed a fundamental right enforcement suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), over alleged unlawful and continuous detention of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Read more…
The Abia State election petition tribunal, sitting in Umuahia, carried on with the hearing of a petition brought forward by Ambrose Okechukwu Ahiwe. The petition challenges the declaration of Alex Otti as the winner of the governorship election. The Independent Read more…
In an official transition of power, Lateef Fagbemi has formally taken up the mantle of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, marking the commencement of his tenure as the nation’s chief legal officer. As the 24th Read more…
As Nigerians await the verdicts of the various election petition tribunals across the federation, some concerned citizens have concluded plans for a one-million-man march across some cities in the country on the need for judges handling election cases to be Read more…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal hearing the petitions filed by the aggrieved candidates in the February 25 presidential election is now on the verge of delivering its final judgment. Out of the deluge of petitions filed before the tribunal, the Read more…
The Abia State Peoples Democratic Party says it has observed with dismay how the Chief Law Officer designate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi and Governor Alex Otti’s legal team are attempting to intimidate the Abia Election Read more…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, struck out the illegal possession of firearms charge filed by the federal government against suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Nicholas Oweibo made the order following a request Read more…
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has adjourned the hearing of all pending applications in a bankruptcy suit filed by Access Bank Plc against businessman Dr. Ambrosie “ABC” Orjiakor until September 26. This comes as Read more…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This was contained in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the Read more…
The suit is coming on the heels of the statement by Akpabio that the Clerk of the National Assembly had sent “holiday allowances” into the “various bank accounts of senators” amid some 137 million Nigerians who are facing extreme poverty. Read more…
A Chief Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory has ruled that the presiding pastor of the Abuja chapter of the House on the Rock, Uche Aigbe has a criminal case to answer over the prohibited firearm found in his Read more…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed concerns over the alleged admittance by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of the disbursement of funds running into billions of naira to senators for holiday purposes. Led by Comrade Emmanuel Read more…