Former Jigawa chief judge Aminu Sabo Ringim died in a lone automobile crash at about 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday, in Shafar village, Ringim local government area. Adamu Shehu, the spokesman for the Jigawa command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the incident to journalists in Dutse. “The incident happened around 1…
The Zimbabwean government has lodged an appeal against a High Court ruling that nullified the chief justice’s re-appointment. The court had ruled the president’s extension of his tenure was unconstitutional. The justice ministry accused the judiciary of being used by foreign forces to destabilize the country. It’s the first public row between the judiciary and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for Nigeria and France to deepen their anti-terror cooperation. This, he said, became necessary to check and overcome the activities of terrorists and insurgents in the Sahel region and beyond. The Sahel region includes west to east parts of northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso,…
The eagerly awaited Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) Annual Conference holding in the ancient city of Ibadan from May 23 to May 26 received a boost at the weekend as the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has promised to attend the conference. Meanwhile, aside from several fully sponsored lunches and…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has called on the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to call off the ongoing strike, which commenced on April 6. This position was made known in a press statement titled, ‘CJN urges JUSUN to call off strike,’ by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the CJN, Ahuraka…
Nigeria’s debt profile is set to shoot up further as President Muhammadu Buhari has again, requested from the Senate, the approval of another $6.183billion (N2.343trillion) external loan. The president says the federal government intends to use the loan to finance the N5.6 trillion 2021 budget deficit, as it looks to execute crucial infrastructural projects bordering…
Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney-general of the Federation Abubakar Malami, says Nigeria has received £4,214,017.66 seized from associates of a convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori from the United Kingdom. Mr Malami confirmed the receipt of the sum on Tuesday in a statement issued by his spokesman, Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu. “The…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has sworn in Justice Joe Acha to replace outcome Chief Judge, Justice Esther Edigin. Justice Edigin had in a statement on Friday announced that she will be bowing out of office after reaching the constitutionally prescribed age for retirement from the bench. The former chief judge who was appointed in…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, said the state judiciary has been granted full autonomy to aid its operations. “Earlier today, at a meeting with the Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro, and other judges in the state’s judiciary, I was pleased to announce that in line with…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed a 20 feet container load of bagged soya bean seeds in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State’s capital. The NAFDAC agency South-South zone […]