A special assistant to the governor of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai has been sentenced to five years in prison for pandemic fraud. In May 2021, Mr. Rufai pleaded guilty before the U.S. District Court in Tacoma, on charges bordering on…
A plea for an out-of-court settlement in the N5 billion libel suit instituted by the former Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini against the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, retired Col. David…
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship to former US NSA contractor Edward Snowden on Monday. Putin signed a decree offering Snowden, along with some 72 other foreign nationals, Russian citizenship. The Kremlin published the list on their official website, without…
The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal, hearing the petition of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola against the declaration of Ademola Adeleke as the Governor-elect, has adjourned sitting till Tuesday, October 4, 2022, for the proper commencement of pre-hearing. The adjournment followed the…
*Appeal Court president, others call for support for road accident victims The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has proposed training for judges to enhance their adjudication on road crashes cases brought to their courts. The CJN…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to publish copy and details of the agreement the Federal Government recently signed with the United States for the repatriation of $23…
The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors of Universities to re-open their institutions for students to resume lectures. This was made known in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts at the National University Commission (NUC), Sam Onazi, on…
The Vice Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, Ijebu Ode branch, Moruff O. Balogun, Esq. has urged the members of the public to see police officers as friends, and not enemies. In his statement to our correspondent, he made recourse to…
Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State Northern Nigeria has ordered the interim forfeiture of eleven landed properties, in Damaturu metropolis, belonging to Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General of all the Local…
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to enforce the party’s zoning and rotatory policy ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The Court on Friday, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice…