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Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Jibrin Okutepa has declared that the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Nigerian Senate is illegal and unconstitutional. Speaking during an Arise TV Primetime interview, Okutepa emphasized that the power to suspend a member of parliament rests solely with the courts, not the legislative body. Okutepa, a renowned lawyer […]

Holden at Abuja On Friday, the 28th day of February, 2025 Before Their Lordships Uwani Musa Abba Aji Ibrahim Mohammed Musa Saulawa Emmanuel Akomaye Agim Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme Jamilu Yammama Tukur Justices, Supreme Court SC/CV/1174A/2024 SC/CV/1174/2024 SC/CV/1175/2024 SC/CV/1176/2024 SC/CV/1177/2024 SC/CV/1174B/2024 SC/CV/1175A/2024 SC/CV/68/2025 Between RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MARTIN CHIKE APPELLANTS AMAEWHULE […]Read More

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Federal Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resolve issues related to visa procurement for Nigerians seeking to travel to the UAE. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made this known in a statement following the visit of Amb. Salem Alshamsi, […]

A pro-Lagos development group, Agenda for New Lagos (ANL), has raised the alarm over plans to use the court to invalidate Hon. Mudashiru Obasa’s impeachment as the Lagos State speaker. In a press release by its Protem Chairman, Kamal Olorunnisola, the group alleged that the court judgment to make this happen has already been written […]

*”Dey Your Dey, Make We Dey Our Dey”: Rivers Lawmakers Mock Governor Fubara’s Invitation *APC Factions in Rivers Welcome Governor Fubara’s Invitation to State Assembly, Hope for Crisis Resolution The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly, on Sunday, asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara to channel his invitation to the members properly and not through social […]

Aviation unions and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are at daggers drawn at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos over alleged attacks on airport officials by the customs operatives, Daily Trust can report. The development is breeding fresh inter-agency rivalry among agencies at the airport. Recall that inter-agency clashes have become a recurring issue […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra said his administration pulled out of an existing loan arrangement with the World Bank to save the state from “debt overhang”. Soludo said this while addressing members of the Late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah Media team who were inspecting the ongoing Government House and Governors Lodge project in Awka yesterday. He […]

By Jibrin Ibrahim Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi, who has just been appointed the country’s new accountant general of the federation (AGF), was between 2011 and 2012 indicted in the N2 billion police payroll fraud. Also, Ogunjimi was reported to have come fourth in the examination for the selection of the Accountant General, scoring 62 per cent […]

The family of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called for sanctions against Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and Justice Binta Nyako, accusing them of blatant disobedience to court orders and undermining the rule of law. In a statement signed by Prince Emmanuel […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has filed a N200 million lawsuit against Oba Semiu Ogunjobi, the Olorile of Orile Ifo, Ogun State, over the alleged assault of Elder Areola Abraham Love. The suit, dated March 7, 2025, was filed before the Ogun State High Court, Ota, seeking to enforce the 73-year-old victim’s rights to dignity, […]

Neda Imasuen, chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, has been permanently disbarred from practicing law in New York, U.S., due to allegations of multimillion-dollar fraud and gross misconduct. According to documents obtained by Peoples Gazette, Mr. Imasuen was disbarred for life after absconding with a client’s legal […]

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described as “cheap politics and trivialising of a serious issue” the claim by incumbent Senate President, Godswill Akpabio that the call on him to ensure that transparent and open process is instituted to investigate the accusation levelled against him by his colleague, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, is an attempt […]