Court Rules In Suit Seeking Sack Of IGP Baba
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba from office. The suit was instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others by an Abuja activist,…
Ban On Old N500, N1,000 Notes: SERAP Drags Buhari To Court
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful directive banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 banknotes, contrary to the interim injunction granted by the Supreme Court that the old…
Again, EFCC Recovers N900m for NHIS As Abebe Bags 7-Year Jail Term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. This is even as John Warimeme Abebe to seven years imprisonment for forgery before Justice…
$104 Bitcoin: Internet Fraudster Convicted In Makurdi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Makurdi Zonal Command has secured the conviction of one Emmanuel Innocent Ochogwu on one-count charge of fraud. He was on February 15, 2023 arraigned before Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High…
BREAKING: Court Strikes Out Suit Seeking To Disqualify All Enugu PDP Candidates
The Federal High Court sitting in Enugu had dismissed the suit seeking to disqualify all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State. One Chika Idoko of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, had approached the court to compel…
FULL TEXT: State Broadcast by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Federal Government’s Naira Redesign Policy
One of the leading All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors against the Federal Government naira redesign police, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, made a state-wide broadcast on Thursday night titled, “Let us Stand Up Strongly For Democracy, Peace And National…
Enugu PDP Gov’ship Candidate, Peter Mbah, Slams N1bn Libel Suit On APC Chairman, Independent Newspaper
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has filed N1 billion libel suit against the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and the Independent Newspapers…
Drama As Supreme Court Adjourns Suit Seeking To Restrain Naira Redesign Policy, More States Joined As Rivers Files Own Separate Action
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing in a suit filed against the federal government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) until February 22. Recall…
Alleged Cybercrime: Agba Jalingo’s Arraignment Shifted To March 27 Over Article On Ayade’s Sister-In-Law
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar has adjourned the arraignment of Nigerian journalist and activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo until March 27, 2023, to query him whether he…
HURIWA Calls For Protest If Nnamdi Kanu Is Not Freed After Seven Working Days
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, called for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the next seven days. HURIWA, in a statement by…
HURIWA To CJN: Respect Is Earned Not Forced On Us
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has come very hard on the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, accusing him of attempting to intimate, verbally harass, threaten or shut Nigerians up from giving…
