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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to immediately and effectively enforce the judgment ordering INEC to pursue cases of bribery against state governors and their deputies, and other electoral offences committed during the 2023 general elections.” The judgment was delivered on 18 […]

Israel’s military says several airstrikes Friday in central Beirut have killed the long-time leader of the Hezbollah militant group, Hassan Nasrallah, in what represents another dramatic new development in a conflict that has metastasized across the Middle East region since last October. In a statement Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed the death of Nasrallah and offered condolences […]

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV star, Victoria Iye, better known as Vee has taken to her social media page to declared that she can’t take supporters of President Bola Tinubu’s administration and controversial activist, VeryDarkMan seriously. Speaking on her Tiktok page, the reality star stated that whoever supports the current government needs a mental […]

The Office of the Honourable President of the Court of Appeal has released the latest posting of Honourable Justices, which will take effect from September 30, 2024. The posting, signed by the Honourable President, Justice M. B. Dongban-Mensem, CFR, JP, includes the distribution of Presiding Justices and Justices across the court’s divisions nationwide. According to […]

AS the National Assembly begins another process of review of the 1999 Constitution, Senators have been divided sharply over renewed calls for a return to the regional system of government. Recall that there have been calls in some parts of the country that since regionalism had been tested and discovered to be a system of […]

Hon. Justice Issac Essien of the National Industrial Court sitting in Makurdi has dismissed the salary entitlement claim filed by retired Sgt. Johnson against the Chief of Army Staff and the Nigerian Army for lacking merit. The Court held that Retired Sgt. Johnson’s claim for salaries from April 1999 to June 2006 when he was […]

Former Zamfara State governorship candidate Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi has alleged that top politicians are sponsoring banditry in Nigeria’s North-West region. This accusation comes amid heightened insecurity in the area, with numerous reported attacks and kidnappings. In a statement issued on Saturday, Shinkafi claimed that some influential politicians are secretly backing the bandits, undermining efforts […]

By Farooq Kperogi SEVERAL faithful readers of this column who have followed it from the mid-2000s in the Weekly Trust have asked me to spice up my columns with occasional commentaries on American politics and culture, which was the column’s dominant thematic preoccupation in its earliest incarnation. This year’s presidential election offers an opportunity to […]

Alh. Abubakar Haruna Khalil Esq, Chief Registrar of the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kano, has issued a circular making the use of English optional in court proceedings. Hausa can now also be used in the Sharia courts. This is contained in Circular No. 2 of 2024 dated 17th September 2024 and directed to all […]

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama Abuja has adjourned to October 4, for the continuation of hearing in the N3.1 billion fraud against former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam. The adjournment followed the testimony of Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, in the trial of the former governor, […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Bright Echefu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Telecom Satellites Limited (TStv), which sought to restrain a police investigation into the alleged theft and misappropriation of investors’ funds. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in his judgment on September 26, 2024, held that the […]

A Federal HIgh Court sitting in Lagos on Friday has remanded four bloggers over alleged cyberstalking and spreading false information aimed at insulting the Chief Executive Officer of Guruaranty Trust Holding PLC , Mr Segun Agbaje. Justice Ayokunle Faji remanded the four accused persons, Precious Eze, male (38), Olawale Rotimi male (47), Rowland Olonishu and […]