FOUR days into the unveiling of 28 Ministerial Nominees to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu, strong indications have emerged that issues and allegations are being raised against some of the nominees ahead of commencement of screening by the Senators. Read more…
Category: Judiciary
Waziri Bulama, an architect, is a man of many callings. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the ruling party’s National Advisory Council. In this Read more…
Senator Sani Danladi, a ministerial candidate for President Bola Tinubu from Taraba State, was disqualified from running for or holding political office in 2019 due to forgery. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday afternoon read out the 28 ministerial Read more…
In a significant victory for retired civil servants in Nasarawa State, the Industrial Court sitting in Markurdi, Benue state on Friday has ruled in favor of the pensioners, ordering the immediate disbursement of over One Billion Naira from three commercial Read more…
Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), yesterday, condemned what it called disrespect for judicial process and sanctity of court premises by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had been granted N20 Read more…
A former senator representing Bauchi North senatorial district, Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, the Department of State Services and others of colluding with his political enemies to harass him. Bulkachuwa said Read more…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, rejected a fresh application the Department of State Services, DSS, filed for an order to further detain the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Read more…
Chidi Odinkalu, former President of Nigeria Human Rights Commission (NHC), has criticised the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) statement over the scuffle during the trial of the suspended governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele. The scuffle was between operatives of Read more…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has also reacted to the re-arrest of Godwin Emefiele, suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by men of the Department of State Services, DSS, against court ruling. Recall that in Read more…
An Indian-origin lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil, 58, was on Monday ordered by a UK court to pay more than £28 million in costs associated with criminal activity. Gohil was previously found guilty of fraud and money laundering in a case involving Read more…
Suspended Nigerian central bank governor Godwin Emefiele appeared in court on Tuesday to deny illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, the first time he has been seen in public in more than a month. Emefiele was detained by the Department Read more…
A former Vice President and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has tackled President Bola Tinubu over his position that nullifying the outcome of the presidential election that held on February 25, may lead to anarchy Read more…