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A pro-democracy group, National Committee of Yoruba Youths, NCYY, has called on Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to remove the chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay, for failure to declare his assets at the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in accordance with the law. The group in a statement signed […]

The Deputy Leader of the Senate, Bala Ibn Na’Allah has described those mooting and calling for the scrapping of the Senate as ignorant stressing that the Senate cannot be scrapped. In a series of video interviews conducted by Bamikole Omishore, Special Assistant New Media to the President of the Senate, Na’Allah said that the Senate […]

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) says Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has no authority to speak for the Igbo people. The party said this in reaction to the IPOB leader’s call on people to boycott the Anambra governorship election scheduled for November. In a letter addressed to Kanu and […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has advised the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Yusuf Usman not to take further steps on the issues now before the court. Justice Anwuli Chikere gave the advice to the parties while fixing date for commencement of hearing in the suit challenging the alleged […]

Lagos lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has faulted the National Assembly for inserting new projects into the 2017 Budget. He said:Sometime in 2014, I had cause to challenge the extent of the oversight powers of the National Assembly to rewrite the Appropriation Bill or increase the budget estimates presented to it by the President. (See […]

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that no president “can ‎do magic” if there is so much tension in the land. Jonathan also said one of the major challenges bedevilling Nigeria was threats by terror ‎groups ‎and other allied bodies. Speaking at his Abuja residence when the PDP Former Ministers’ Forum ‎paid him Eid-el-Fitr visit, […]

You are vying for the chairmanship of the Premier Bar, Lagos Branch of the NBA. What will you bring on board if voted in to chair Nigeria’s largest branch of the NBA? Why should members vote for you? My “Contract with Premier Bar” is premised on a Three-point Agenda, namely: Sustainable institutional and organizational development; […]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA ON FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2016 SC.234/2012 LN-e-LR/2016/13 (SC) OTHER CITATIONS (2016) LPELR-40029(SC) BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS: WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN (JSC), NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA (JSC), MARY UKAEGO PETER ODILI (JSC), OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA (JSC), MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD (JSC), BETWEEN OBASANJO EGHAREVBA Appellant(s) AND THE STATE Respondent(s) JUDGMENT (DELIVERED […]Read More

A lawyer in the appeal which challenged and eventually overturned the election of Herman Hembe has attributed the success of the appeal to the attention paid to the case by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Barrister Chidi Nwankwo, who represented Dorothy Mato in the appeal which challenged Hembe’s seat as member […]

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) said that 23 states of the federation currently owed local government workers’ arrears of salary ranging from one to 16 months. National president of the union, Ibrahim Khaleel stated this in a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday. According to Kaheel, Bayelsa State was leading in indebtedness to […]

Facts are beginning to unfold on why the National Assembly is yet to swear in Bassey Etim in place of incumbent Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, months after the court had directed. Our reporter gathered that whereas Etim’s case and that of Senator Isaac Alfa (Kogi East) who was removed in place of Senator Atai Aidoko […]

The Supreme Court has warned political parties to always comply with the provisions of the laws of the land and their own rules while nominating candidates for elections. The court, in a judgment it delivered last Friday, warned that political parties that failed to play by the rules would have “a hard and very bitter […]