FBI Charges Senior NNPC Official in $2.1m Swiss Oil Company Bribery To Shortchange Nigeria To the Tune of $2.4bn
A lawyer has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with multiple felonies arising from an alleged $2.1 million bribe, which he received while serving as an officer at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The man identified as…
Why Integrous, Accountable Judicial Systems Will Strengthen Democracy In West Africa – Tinubu Tells ECOWAS Judges
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to advancing judicial reforms with determined support, emphasizing that integrous and accountable judicial systems will strengthen democracy across West Africa,…
CNPP Says Conviction of Man Who Murdered Own Son Good Deterrence To Others, Commends Enugu Judiciary
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Enugu State chapter, has commended the judgment delivered yesterday, Wednesday, at the Enugu State High Court, sentencing a man, Okolie Chigozie Michael, to death by hanging for killing own son, saying that the conviction…
Enugu Court Sentences Man To Death By Hanging For Killing Own Son
The Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu, the state capital, has found a man, Okolie Chigozie Michael, 32, guilty of unlawfully killing his son. He committed the offence when he was 28 year-old in 2020. Delivering her judgement on…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Lagos Government On Control Of Inland Waterways, Voids LASWA LawÂ
The Supreme Court of Nigeria in a land mark judgment delivered in the case of NATIONAL INLAND WATERWAYS AUTHORITY & OTHERS VS LASWA, GOV. OF LAGOS STATE & ATTORNEY GEN. OF LAGOS STATE on January 5, 2024 by JOHN INYANG…
Mobile Court Commences Prosecution Of Sanitation Offenders In Delta
In a bid to keep the State Capital clean, the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency sanitation mobile court has issued a court summon to eighteen premises which included five commercial and twelve residential premises before the mobile court adding…
Bishop Bags Life Imprisonment for Raping Church Member, 3 Years Jail for Sexual Assault
The founder and presiding Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Bishop Feyi Daniels, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the heinous crime of raping one of his church members by the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, Lagos…
ADC Candidates Task Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, Warn Against Miscarriage of Justice
As the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal undertakes the task of deciding the faith of Governor Douye Diri who was declared winner of the November 11 governorship polls in the state, the ADC Party Candidates Forum, a group of…
Ibadan Explosion: Culprits Will Face Justice, Succour for Victims Underway – FG Vows
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that those found culpable in circumstances leading to the tragic Ibadan explosion will face the full weight of the law. Speaking while visiting the scene of the blast for an on-the-spot assessment in Ibadan,…
Supreme Court Victory: Ughelli North PDP Congratulates Gov Oborevwori
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Ughelli North Local Government Chapter, has congratulated the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborewori, on his Supreme Court triumph, describing the ruling as victory for all Deltans. The party also passed a vote of…
IPAC, CUPP, Non-indigenes Congratulate Oborevwori on Supreme Court Victory
The Interparty Advisory Council (IPAC), Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and leaders of non-indigenes in Delta State have congratulated Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on his victory at the Supreme Court on Friday. The group said the victory was a confirmation…
