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EFCC Has no Power to Prosecute Naira Abusers – Odinkalu
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, does not have the powers to prosecute Naira abusers. He berated the anti-graft agency for arresting crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (alias....
Three Sentenced to Death by Hanging in Edo
Three persons, Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward, have been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder in Edo State. The sentence was handed over to the trio at the High Court in Benin by Hon Justice R. Irele-Ifijeh for the kidnapping and murder of one Ephrai...
FG Opposes Kanu’s Request for House Arrest
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 20 to decide on separate applications praying for the restoration of the bail granted to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court, on the said date, will also consider the application that the IPOB leader be transf...
DNA: Court to Serve Mohbad’s Wife via Substituted Means
The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu has granted the order that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, be served notice of the pending DNA test application by substituted means. This was contained in a statement signed by a member of the legal team to the Aloba fam...
Edo 2024: Imansuangbon Seeks Disqualification Of Akpata As LP Candidate
A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State, Barr. Kenneth Imansuangbon, has asked the court to disqualify the governorship candidate of the party, Olumide Akpata, from the September 21 governorship election in the State. In a Suit No. FHC B/CS/26/2024 and filed at the Benin City D...
Cardoso Breaks Silence Over Depleting Foreign Reserves
Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the bank is not strengthening the Naira with the country’s foreign reserves. Speaking at the ongoing Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, Cardoso said the Naira is performing independent...
No Court Can Prevent EFCC From Prosecuting Yahaya Bello — Falana
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted a court ruling asking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting and prosecuting any individual. Mr Falana was reacting to a ruling by a state high court in Kogi State, asking the EFCC not to arrest....
Tinubu Directs Inclusion of NOUN Graduates in NYSC Scheme, Law School
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. Tinubu also resolved the longstanding admittance of NOUN Law graduates to participate in Law School in the country for equal opportunities. He...
Ganduje’s Trial Stalled Over Inability To Serve Criminal Charges
The anticipated arraignment of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been stalled due to the Kano State Government’s inability to serve criminal charges against him. Ganduje; his wife, Hafsat Ganduje; his son, Abdullahi Umar; and five others, were sla...
PDP Caucus: Sambo, Atiku, Wike meet in Abuja
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesome Wike, on Wednesday attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee...
Kogi Gov Defends Victory at Tribunal
The governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo, on Wednesday, tendered several electoral documents to defend his victory at the state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. The documents tendered by his lawyer, Paul Daudu marked the commencement of his defence in the petition challenging...
CBN Reduces Banks’ Loan to Deposit Ratio to 50%
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has reduced the Loan to Deposit Ratio, LDR of banks to 50 per cent from 65 percent. The reduction was announced via a circular to Deposit Money Banks titled “Re: Regulatory Measures to Improve Lending to the Real Sector of the Nigerian Economy”.The circular was s...
NBA’s 2nd Vice President Calls For Rejection Of Electoral Appeal Committee Appointments
The Second Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Chukwuemeka Clement Ugo, has once again criticized the NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN, accusing him of running a “dictatorship” in the association. In a recent post on his verified Facebook handle, Ugo alleged that Maiky...
PDP NEC: Steer Clear of Venue, NWC Cautions Unaccredited Members
Ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC), meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), slated for Thursday, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, has cautioned non- NEC members to steer clear of the meeting venue. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunag...
Court Halts Rivers Assembly’s Move To Extend Local Government Officials’ Tenures
The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an interim injunction directing the maintenance of status quo following the move by the House of Assembly to extend the tenures of the elected local government councils’ officials. The Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule had amidst the ...
FMJ, NBA, NJC Convene National Summit On Justice 2024 To Reposition Nigeria’s Justice System
The Federal Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the National Judicial Council, and other partners, has announced the National Summit on Justice 2024, scheduled to take place from April 24th to 25th in Abuja, Nigeria. The summit, themed “Repositioning the ...
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Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe (DOA), a leading law firm, is set to host the TMT Business Law Breakfast Series 2024 on May 2nd, 2024, at the Ebony Life Place – Victoria Hall in Lagos, Nigeria. The event, themed “The Nigerian Tech Ecosystem: Policies, Investments, and Global Trade,” aims to bring t...
ICMC Offers Course On Emotional Intelligence And Psychology In Mediation
In mediation sessions, parties are bound to come to the mediator with their personality traits which may be positive or negative. Psychology is the study of how people think, feel, behave and factors that influence their decisions. People have different personalities and so often understand and proc...
Dangote Slashes Diesel Price To N1,000 Per Litre
In an unprecedented move, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from N1,200 to N1,000 per litre. In a Tuesday release, the company said “While rolling out the products, the refinery supplied at a substantially reduced price of N1,200 per litre three we...
State Electoral Commissions Are Govs’ Rigging Tool – El-Rufai
The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has described states’ electoral commissions as rigging tools of the state governors. El-Rufai stated this on Monday in Maiduguri, in his lead paper presentation titled: “Capacity Building Workshop on Enhancing Skills of Government...
31 States, 148 LGAs Risk Severe Floods, FG Warns
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 31 states are among the highly probable flood risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official unveiling of the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) on Monday in A...
Nigerian Breweries to Temporarily Shut Down Two Plants
Following the recent announcement of its business recovery plan, Nigerian Breweries Plc, yesterday, officially announced on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) plan to temporarily shut down two of its plants as part of reorganisation. This move came after the company recorded a net loss of approxima...
Blood Found On Chidinma’s Dress Was That Of Usifo Ataga – Forensic Expert
The trial of an undergraduate student, Chidinma Ojukwu, for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, continued on Tuesday at the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island with the testimony of a forensic expert, Dr. Richard Somiari. Dr Somiari wh...
EFCC Detains Cubana Chief Priest Ahead of Arraignment Today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, preparatory to his arraignment today (Wednesday) before the Federal High Court in Lagos. Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundar...
El-Rufai: FG Now Paying More For Fuel Subsidy
Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, says fuel subsidy is back, but many Nigerians do not know this. Fielding question from newsmen in Maiduguri , Borno State capital, on Monday, El-Rufai said the federal government is now paying more than before. He observed that the packages of s...
LPDC Suspends Lawyer For 2 Years After Pocketing Client’s N405k, Failing To Deliver Services
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has found Edward Oseghale, Esq., liable for infamous conduct in a professional manner and has suspended him from practicing law for a period of two years. The decision was reached on May 8, 2023, following a complaint filed by Monday Omon Ojo on....
Falana SAN Calls for National Register Of Kidnapped, Released, & Missing Persons In Nigeria
Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the federal government needs to have a register of kidnapped, released and missing persons in the country. Falana spoke on Monday during a virtual programme to mark the 10th anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction organised by Women Radi...
Suspended UNICAL Professor Asks Court to Quash Charge Against Him
Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to quash the sexual harassment charge against him. Ndifon, who told Justice James Omotosho in a further affidavit filed by his lawyer, Joe Agi, SAN, insisted that Osuobeni...
Court Rules Against Olu Agunloye’s Request For Amici Curiae In EFCC Case
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has dismissed an application by a former minister of power and steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, inviting some legal luminaries to hear his case on alleged infractions in the Mambilla Hydroelectric plant. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged....
N4.8bn: Court Adjourns Ibeto’s Trial Over Jurisdiction
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has adjourned the trial of the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, to await the verdict of the Appeal Court on an application challenging the court’s jurisdiction. Justice Ogala adjourned the case to May ...
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