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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, suspended the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mynin. The commissioner was suspended for joining the suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission without informing his principal. The Apex Court had on Tuesday reserved judgment on the suit filed […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday expressed concern over the increasing cases of “one chance” criminal operations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), condemning the growing insecurity in the nation’s capital. During its plenary session, the House directed relevant committees to engage the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, the FCT Police Commissioner, and the […]

A new Gabonese constitution proposed by the ruling junta calls for a national holiday to celebrate the downfall of the country’s Bongo dynasty, media reported Tuesday. The transitional government published the text on Monday after it was passed by the Council of Ministers last week. A referendum on the constitution is to be held on […]

The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned the Olu of Obafemi, Oba Taofeek Olukayode, before a Magistrate Court sitting in the Owode-Egba area of the state for allegedly defrauding one Michael Adeyemi to the tune of N75m and assaulting a police officer. Oba Olukayode is facing four counts bordering on felony, fraudulent conversion, and […]

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukayode, has warned of the dangers of cybercrime, stating that the global loss to cybercrimes may reach a staggering $10.5 trillion by 2025, with approximately 2,328 cases per day. The EFCC chairman stated this at the National Summit on Cybercrime organised with the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once again postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, marking the third time in three months that the crucial gathering has been rescheduled. The meeting, originally slated for August, was first moved to September, then to October 2, and now has been pushed back to November 28. The decision […]

The federal government has again mandated domestic producers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, to stop exporting the commodity. The measure is aimed to mitigate the price of cooking gas that has been soaring steadily. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, who gave the order in Abuja on […]

Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja, has issued an interim injunction restraining Christ the King Catholic Church in Okene, Kogi State, and its parish priest, Reverend Father Ezekiel Awolumate, from selling properties belonging to the former President of the Abuja Customary Court of Appeal, late Justice Moses Bello. The […]

Nigeria’s Opposition lawmakers Coalition has raised alarm over alleged fresh move by the All Progressive Congress, APC and group supporting the Minister of FCT Nyesom Wike to secure a court injunction/Judgement to stop the constitutional/statutory monthly allocations of Rivers State Local Government allocation that belongs to the people which any attempt to starve the people […]

Legal practitioner Abubakar D. Sani, Esq has raised concerns about a 2017 decision by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) which he believes wrongly shifts the burden of proof in disciplinary cases against lawyers. In the case of NBA vs. OFOMATA (2017) 5 NWLR pt. 1557 pg. 128 @145H, the LPDC held that once a […]

The Senate on Tuesday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate allegations of drug trafficking against Senator Oyelola Ashiru, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The panel, headed by former Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, is expected to report back within one week. While the Senate did not explicitly state that the NDLEA […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says the construction of 40 Judges’ Quarters in the Katampe District in the nation’s capital, Abuja, will boost the performance of judicial officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The CJN, who spoke on Monday at the flag-off ceremony of the project, described the project as […]