Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Ltd., said yesterday that it will not go ahead with its divestment plan until the case brought against it by one Isaac Torchi and 87 members of the Ejalawa community, Rivers state is decided by…
IN Nigeria, judicial power is by virtue of Section 6 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 vested in the courts created for the Federation and component states. These courts have wide powers subject to their respective Jurisdictions to…
The trial of suspected invaders of the residence of Mrs Mary Odili, retired Justice of the Supreme Court, was on Thursday, stalled in a Federal High Court, Abuja due to the absence of the police counsel, Mathew Omosun.
Upon resumed trial, Usman Jubril,…
The significance of registration as a voter in Nigeria cannot be underscored. Beyond the conferment of eligibility to participate in the voting exercise on the day of the election, it is crucial that it is undertaken to forestall unlawful voting by ‘proxy’…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has told registered political parties in the country that it would not extend the July 15, 2022 deadline for nomination of Governorship and States Assembly candidates.
National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Patience Oniha as Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) for a second term of 5 years.
This is in accordance to Section IV (9-i) of the Debt Management Office (Establishment ETC) Act, 2003.
According…
Adamawa state Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has picked the Vice Chancellor of Adamawa State University, Mubi, Prof. Kelatapawa Farauta as his running mate for the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state.
Senator Aidhatu Dahiru Binani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, has also…
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as the Supreme Court’s 116th justice and its first Black woman on the bench, a historic change for an institution that for the first time is no longer composed of a majority of White men.
“I…
The former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu on Thursday appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in London, facing charges under Britain’s Modern Slavery Act.
Last week, the London Metropolitan Police arrested and charged Ekweremadu and his wife for allegedly bringing a child to the…
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Section of Legal Practice (SLP) is set to hold her Annual conference from the 3rd – 6th July 2022.
This years conference which is tagged “Legal Practice in Nigeria: Our Reality, Our future” shall hold at The Dome…
