Rep. Nkemkanma Kama has said that Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi does not force people to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kama represents Ohaozara/Onicha/ Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of Labour Party. He was reacting to the gale of defections from...
Judiciary
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation is not in possession of the case file for the trial of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen was prosecuted in 2019 by the Federal Government on false declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Tribunal,...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday, unveiled a digital stamp and seal for legal practitioners in the country. According to NBA, the virtual stamp would not only help to check activities of fake lawyers, but also ensure seamless preparation and filing of legal processes. The outgoing President of...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of a 65-year old man, Idris Danladi, for allegedly defiling a one-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered that Danladi should be remanded in the Awarjigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry, after he pleaded not guilty...
The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of a full...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over alleged judicial misconduct. This is contained in a statement issued by the NJC Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye on Friday in Abuja. Oye said that the remaining...
The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has lauded President Bola Tinubu for signing to the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill, 2024. Fagbemi, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser (Media) Kamorudeen Ogundele on Tuesday in Abuja. said:” by this historical assent, the yearning of...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has sworn in Mr Hassan Saubana, a Taraba-based lawyer and Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Wukari branch, as a Notary Public. The CJN administered the oath of office to Saubana during a brief ceremony at the Taraba High Court...
The Kano State Government has filed a fresh fraud charge against the immediate past governor of the state Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo and two others. According to the charge sheet, Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged political leaders to collaboratively strengthen the judiciary, uphold the rule of law, and protect the principles of democracy. Ganduje gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja, at the first Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) roundtable with the...
There was confusion in a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, as two counsel announced appearance for Rivers House of Assembly in a suit seeking an order shutting down all expenditures of the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Rivers assembly, led...
A Federal judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the U.S. antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the online search market. Judge, Amit Mehta on Tuesday agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that Google has a...
A Kano State Mobile Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered the remand of 632 protesters for alleged vandalism of public and government properties during the #Endbadgovernance nationwide protest. The defendants are charged with criminal conspiracy, theft, unlawful assembly, inciting disturbance, trespass and mischief by fire. The court...
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, has approved the elevation of 87 legal practitioners to the Inner Bar. Hajo Bello, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of LPPC disclosed this in a statement on...
An unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, 40, on Wednesday confessed that he stole two tubers of yam because he was hungry. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Gandu with criminal trespass and theft. Gandu told the Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State:”hunger pushed me to steal...
A Lagos High Court has granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lawal Pedro seeking to restrict the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and the Peace Park in Ketu. Justice...
A High Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, dismissed two applications filed by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom stopping the Benue Government from probing him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov Hyacient Alia constituted two commissions of inquiry to investigate Ortom. Irked by the decision...
Kebbi High Court 7, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, presided over by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar, has sentenced three people to life imprisonment for raping an a18-year-old married woman (deaf). The convicts are; Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village. The Prosecution Counsel, Faridah Muhammad, in...