Okowa Tasks New Judges On Ethical Conduct
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on judges in the country to discharge their duties with utmost impartiality, courage, integrity, humility and commonsense to guarantee justice for all. He gave the charge at the swearing-in of four new…
Newly Elected FCT Area Council Chairmen Take Oaths of Office
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has administered the oath of office on the newly elected Chairmen of Six Area Councils and their Vice chairmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Those newly sworn in by Justice Suleiman…
SERG Calls on INEC, Security Agencies, To Protect Igbos Seeking To Register As Voters
… Urges Extension of CVR Deadline Leading pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure group, the South East Revival Group (SERG) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to protect Igbos in all parts of the country as they…
Ex-Algerian National Team Coach And Football Star Madjer Jailed
Former Algerian national football team coach and football star who was an ex-Porto striker, Rabah Madjer, has been sentenced to six months in jail by the court on Thursday for making “false declarations”, local media reported. Madjer, who owned two…
HURIWA Condemns Detention of Reporters by Abuja court, Tasks NBA, NJC to Probe Assault
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, condemned the harassment of six judiciary journalists at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama today. HURIWA described the action of the judge…
N2.9bn Fraud: Court Grants Okorocha N500m Bail
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday imposed stringent bail conditions on former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha who is standing trial for alleged N2.9 billion corruption charges. He was granted bail in the sum…
You Can’t Regulate Advertising in Nigeria – Court Rules Against NBC
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) acted beyond its powers in seeking to regulate the practice of advertising in Nigeria contrary to the provisions of the extant Advertising Practitioners (Regulation) Act…
BREAKING: Court Adjourns CNG’s Suit on Biafra Referendum
… Says North Central, Not South East Marginalized – CNG Spokesman The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Epko, on Friday fixed October 20, 2022 for hearing in the suit filed by the Coalition of…
Section 84(12) Of Electoral Act: Supreme Court Joins More Parties In Buhari, Malami’s Suit
The Supreme Court has joined more parties in the suit brought before it by President Muhammad Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) against the National Assembly, seeking to void Section…
Only European Judge Can Give IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu Justice As Nigerian Justice System Is Hijacked – Says HURIWA
…Appeals for End to Violence in Igboland Dismissing the refusal of the bail application filed by the detained leader of the now proscribed INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a predictable outcome but nevertheless tragic in dimensions,…
Deborah Samuel: Police Arraign Suspected Killers In Court
Police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci before a Chief Magistrate Court in Sokoto over the killing of a student, Deborah Samuel. The suspects, alongside the victim, were students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto….
