Month: June 2021

A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has threatened to jail the State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Biriyai Sambo (SAN) over the state government’s refusal to obey an…

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will resume its suspended industrial action in Kaduna State. The Congress directed its State councils and affiliate unions…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in a landmark ruling today “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has convicted former member of House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan for receiving $500,000 bribe from…

Three members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) who were detained for their alleged role in the arrest of suspected Fulani warlord Iskilu Wakili have been released. The trio who…

The EU’s top court on Tuesday said online platforms like YouTube can in some circumstances be held responsible for copyrighted material illegally uploaded by users. The preliminary ruling will likely…

A Magistrates’ Court in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday ordered that a man, Onyebuchi Okafor and Mansura Shehu, be remanded in a correctional centre in Birnin Kebbi for alleged adultery. The…

Encrops Multi-purpose Cooperative society, a reputable, leading, and reliable Bayelsa-based business organisation duly registered with the Bayelsa cooperative bureau, has successfully paid the sum of 30, N30,445,000, to not less…

The Senate on Tuesday resumed plenary after a 10-day recess to mark the second anniversary of the ninth National Assembly. The senators led by the President of the Senate, Dr…

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday amended a portion of the law, which created the state Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC). The Assembly amended the law by creating a subsection…