Against the backdrop of claims by former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Datijo, that the Chief Justice of Nigeria wields enormous powers capable of derailing the course of justice, the House of Representatives has reiterated its readiness to look at…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has submitted a warrant of arrest and request to the Crown Prosecution Services of the United Kingdom for the urgent extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke.
The request…
A retiring member of the bench at the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Dattijo, on Friday, lamented that the power vested in the Chief Justice of Nigeria and alleged that the refusal to fill the vacant slot of the South-East on the apex…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has revealed that the Supreme Court now has the lowest number of Justices in the history of Nigeria.
Justice Ariwoola made this revelation at the retirement ceremony of Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed who reached…
Justice A. O. Onovo of the Enugu State High Court, Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void.
In 2017, the South-East Governors Forum, led by former Gov David…
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election.
The apex court in its ruling dismissed the appeals by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party…
The Department of State Service (DSS) Wednesday evening freed Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“DSS confirms release of former EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, a few hours ago (today 25th October, 2023),” DSS said in a…
The Supreme Court has said it was set to deliver its judgement on the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the People’s Demicratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and that of his counterpart in Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday, October…
Disturbed by the rising number of awaiting trial inmates in the country and the delay in the determination of cases in court, the Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it has concluded plans to convene a national summit on justice.
The Attorney-General of the Federation…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN has announced the reconciliation of the national officers of the NBA following the disagreements that emerged during the last Annual General Meeting of the NBA.
Maikyau made this known…