Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN is to launch nationwide deployment and use of Virtual Court Proceedings in Nigeria’s Correctional Centres. This was announced on Friday in a statement signed by Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. According…
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has awarded N50million to him, against security agents who invaded his home in Anambra state. Ejiofor made the revelation on his Facebook page. He wrote; JUSTICE DELAYED IS…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has said it was doubtful if President Muhammadu Buhari, will assent to the Electoral Act, as amended by the National Assembly. Speaking on Thursday in an interview on AIT, Wike said there are signs that the president will not approve the bill. “He will not sign it. I’m very…
The Kano State Government on Wednesday sealed a storey building that accommodated many offices, including the chamber of Nureini Jimoh, a lawyer who won a case against the All Progressives Congress over the conduct of its ward congresses. Jimoh also led the suit where an Abuja-based Federal High court ordered the Kano State Government to…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday, said it is premature for anyone to conclude that the men of the Nigerian Army used live ammunition on harmless protesters at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. He spoke during a Channels Television’s current affairs programme, ‘Politics…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on Nigeria and South Africa need to strengthen people-to-people relations to prevent unhealthy competition among their citizens. According to a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, President Buhari who received President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the State House, reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to improving a “special relationship’’ with South Africa. According…
The Upper Chambers of the National Assembly on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgency, take over and resuscitate NNS ARADU, which is the largest ship on the fleet of the Nigerian Navy. Federal Government would require the sum of $200m to either refit it or $700m to replace the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the case against the election of Prof. Charles Soludo as the Governor-elect of Anambra State. The suit seeks to nullify the victory of the governor-elect and the deputy governor-elect, Onyeka Ibezim, on allegations that Soludo provided false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the proscribed IPOB group, Nnamdi Kanu to have maximum possible comfort while in their custody. The trial judge Justice Binta Nyako who gave the order on Thursday also ordered the DSS to allow Nnamdi Kanu…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed has vowed that the judiciary would not rest on its oars until corruption is stamped out of the country. The CJN said this on Tuesday during the third National Summit on diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector in Abuja. According to him, between 2020/2021, over 756 corrupt cases…