The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a legal action against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), accusing the apex bank of non-disclosure of vital information regarding monthly allocations made to the country’s 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) Read more…
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit by the 36 states’ governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging the federal government’s application of recovered looted funds. A seven-member panel of the court unanimously held that the suit was Read more…
The Federal Government on Thursday evening revealed how Nigeria was saved from an $11 billion investment scam engineered by Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), describing the landmark victory in a United Kingdom court as a turning point in the Read more…
“You Cannot Jail a Citizen for Choosing Silence: The Nigerian Bar Association Condemns Compulsory Voting Bill as Unconstitutional and Draconian” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) unequivocally condemns the proposed bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting Read more…
Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), yesterday, announced the redeployment of some judges. Justice Tsoho, in a statement by FHC’s Director of Information, Dr. Catherine Christopher, directed Justice M. G. Umar from Enugu Judicial Division to Read more…
A communal crisis is looming at Isiagu Akpawfu autonomous community in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State over alleged moves by some people to impose the chieftaincy stool of the community without election. Investigation revealed that the Igweship Read more…
The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has accused the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) of manipulating court proceedings in his ongoing terrorism trial, urging Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has kicked against the introduction of the death certificate of Ahmed Gulak, former aide to erstwhile president, Goodluck Jonathan in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement described the tendering Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Fred Ajudua, a Lagos-based socialite and businessman, in connection with an alleged $1.43 million fraud. The arrest took place in Abuja on Tuesday, following a Supreme Court order issued on Friday, Read more…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted three consecutive days to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to conclude the ten-year-old corruption charges it instituted against a former National Security Adviser Mohammed Sambo Dasuki. Read more…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted three consecutive days to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to conclude the ten-year-old corruption charges it instituted against a former National Security Adviser Mohammed Sambo Dasuki. Read more…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday played a video recording allegedly showing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, issuing inflammatory directives which the prosecution claims incited acts of terrorism across the South-East Read more…