A Federal High Court in Abuja an application by ECOBANK Nigeria Limited to restrain the Federal Government from forcing the bank to refund N800 million arising from loss suffered due to the multiple payments made to beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered Isaac...
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A 44- year-old woman, Oluwatoyin Falade, on Wednesday prayed an Orile Agege Customary Court to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage on grounds of infidelity on the part of her husband, Segun. The petitioner, who lives at 23, Tunde Davids Close, Agege, Lagos has two children for Segun, ages, eight and...
There was mild drama at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja on Wednesday when two factions of the Labour Party clashed. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that trouble started as early as about 7:45a.m. when both factions, comprising members loyal to factional Chairman, Mr...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned to Friday, May 19 for continuation of pre-hearing in the petition by presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure was also in court on Wednesday. The...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), a member of the ‘G-7’ says his group remain unruffled in spite change in the House rules that now allows open ballot voting. Gagdi, the Chairman, House Committee on Navy said this while speaking with newsmen on sundry issues ahead of the June 5 inauguration...
Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, one of the aspirants for National Chairmanship of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) says his target is to ensure the party’s victory at the 2025 Anambra Governorship Poll. Obi-Okoye, a former APGA National Publicity Secretary, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Awka,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Due to the limited number of superior court judges, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly says on Tuesday next week, it would pass into law ‘A Bill For a Law to Amend the Number of Judges of the Superior Courts of Record Law 2001...
The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has assured that women would be properly represented in his administration. Tinubu said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled, “101 Nigerian Women of Impact” authored by Mrs Zainab Marwa. The President-elect was represented by the National Women...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, (APC Akwa Ibom) a top contenders for the Senate presidency, of the 10th National Assembly, has assured lawmakers of stability in the upper chamber if elected. Akpabio, gave the assurance in Abuja on Tuesday, when he led 42 other senators, under the aegis of Integrity Group,...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says the Federal Government has recorded modest gains in the area of Justice reforms through legislations and judicial decisions. Malami disclosed this at the two-day body of Attorneys General conference on Tuesday, in Abuja. “The achievements...
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says no fewer than 20 lawyers and legal professionals have volunteered to help the party and its candidates retrieve their allegedly stolen mandates. The party at a meeting with some of its candidates in the last general elections, said that...
By ESTHER AGADA, NKECHI ANADU, FOLASHADE OGUNREMI & ZAINAB SHUAIB We are the Mothers of the Nation; we gave birth to the incoming senators and members of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly (NASS). We are women who vote. We are the women who voted for...
The Minority Parties Forum in the House of Representatives has endorsed the candidature of Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the preferred candidates for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th Assembly. Leader of the Forum, Hon. Iduma Igariwey (PDP-Ebonyi) announced this in a communique after...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, says governors from the North Central zone have not made any public statement on the zoning formula for parliamentary positions. The governor debunked a media report quoting them as rejecting the position of the APC leadership on the issue. This is contained in a...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday, gave reasons it resorted to the trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his co-defendants behind closed doors. Counsel for the NDLEA, Mr Sunday Joseph, told newsmen who were barred from covering the sitting shortly after the case was...
A Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday ordered that a 22-year-old man, Ibrahim Musa, who allegedly stabbed his biological mother, Hajara Mohammed, 50, be remanded in a correction centre.. The police charged Musa, who lives in Bachirawa Quarters Kano, with standing culpable homicide. The Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Rabi’a...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Tuesday ordered remand of afrobeat singer Seun Kuti for alleged assault on a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, held that Kuti should be remanded for 48 hours in police custody. She, however,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – As the 6th assembly prepares to wind down to usher in the 7th assembly, member representing Kokona West constituency, at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Danladi Jatau, has said he is more experienced and competent to be the next speaker. Hon Jatau,...
Journalists covering the ongoing trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were, on Tuesday, restrained from coming into Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of the proceeding. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application to the effect by Mr Sunday Joseph, counsel for...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked reports alleging that it has suspended Sen. Mohammed Makarfi from the party, over alleged anti-party activities. The Kaduna State PDP Chairman, Mr Felix Hyet made the clarification in a statement in Kaduna on Tuesday. “We call you...