Kebbi State High Court has recalled the Chief Magistrate of Court lll, Birnin Kebbi, Umar Salihu Kokan to the headquarters for allegedly slapping a State Counsel, Abdullahi Bawa Dan Bauchi and two other persons. In a statement by the Chief…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish…
The Zamfara Government has ordered the shutting down of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Gusau and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN’s Pride FM for violating government order and journalism practice. In a statement issued by the State’s Commissioner…
Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has been sworn-in as the seventh executive Governor of Ekiti State. Oyebanji was sworn with his Deputy Chief Monisade Afuye, at the sprawling Ekiti Parapo Pavillon, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The ceremony was performed by Ekiti Chief…
The Nasarawa State Judiciary has launched an Electronic Management System platform to ensure the smooth and quick administration of justice in the state. Chief Judge (CJ) of the state, Justice Aisha Aliyu, disclosed in Lafia, the State capital at the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, has nullified the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that produced Senator Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate. The court gave the ruling on Friday holding that APC has no…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN Justice Olukayode Lateef Ariwoola has sworn-in the new acting President of Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Justice Stanley Adekunle Lawal. The CJN advised the President of Customary Court of…
The bipartisan House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, unanimously voted Thursday to subpoena former president Donald Trump. The move marked the culmination of the committee’s year-and-a-half-long investigation. “He is required to answer,” chairman…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement signed by spokesperson to the…
The Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital in North-West Nigeria, has acquitted, former Governor of the state, Saminu Turaki of N8.3 billion fraud. Turaki and three other companies have been on trial since 2007, on a…