*VP to meet U.S. counterpart, Kamala Harris, World Bank Group, other partners Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja for the United States of America early Wednesday seeking global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. Prof. Osinbajo is leading Nigeria’s Energy Transition Implementation Working Group (ETWG) on the US mission with…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja division has again denied Abba Kyari, suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police bail. The judge on Tuesday refused to admit Mr Kyari and the other applicants to bail on their failure to present sufficient evidence to warrant the granting of the fresh application. While ruling on the…
The Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the judgment which declared as illegal, the attack on the house of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. The court also nullified the 20 billion naira exemplary and aggravated damages awarded against the Department of State Security for the attack, describing…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a lawyer, Taiwo Oreagba to two years imprisonment for soliciting N4 million bribe. Justice Taiwo jailed Oreagba after she found Oreagba guilty of soliciting the money to influence the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In her judgment, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finalized the establishment of the Counselling Practitioners Council of Nigeria by signing the Bill into law. According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Nasir Baballe Illa, the Act establishes the Counselling Practitioners Council of Nigeria charged with the…
The All Progressives Congress National Assembly candidates in Rivers State for 2023 general elections Monday, staged a protest against Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam of Federal High Court Port Harcourt over his refusal to recuse himself from matters involving them and the Rivers State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The action of the APC National…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reversed the July 7, 2022 judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking the Delta Speaker Sheriff Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s election. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Peter Ige, held that the…
The immediate past President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Akpata, has showered encomium on the former Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Akwa Ibom State, Barrister Mike Igini, for his outstanding performance as electoral umpire. The accolades were given when friends, colleagues and admirers of Commrade Igini, rolled out the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike. A member of the union, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development to Channels Television following a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking varsity teachers at the University of Abuja. He did not, however, disclose how long the union extended the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Federal Government to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo struck out the suit filed by Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…