The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Olukayode Ariwoola Junior, son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, for appointment as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria.
Ariwoola Junior was recommended for the Federal High Court bench…
An Abuja High Court has voided the arrest and detention of the Suspended Central Bank Governor, Mister Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services.
Delivering Judgement, Justice Bello Kawu held that the arrest, detention and interrogation of Mister Emefiele, is in violation…
Ekiti State Chief Judge, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, escaped death on Wednesday, when a section of the state high court complex collapsed on him while in the office.
Justice Adeyeye is said to be currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital in the…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security in Nigeria.
Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, made this known while briefing State House correspondent on Thursday.
The President also directed that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced investigation into the recent acquisition of 13.3% shares worth 4.7 billion of FBN Holdings by a former Chairman of the bank, Oba Otudeko, according to a Punch report on Wednesday.
Quoting a source within the commission, the report…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly, seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation Act.
Tinubu, in a letter to the House of Representatives, said the amendment was to allow the Federal Government to source N500 billion for palliatives to…
The police have arraigned a 45-year-old lawyer, Emekoba Russell, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging his client’s signature.
Court papers identify the client as Hadiza Ujaj, owner of a property at No 364, Zone 6, Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, which…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has also announced some standing committees, namely Appropriations, Public Accounts, Ethics, and Public Petitions and Establishment.
Akpabio, who spoke at Tuesday’s plenary session, revealed that Senator Solomon Adeola would chair the Appropriations Committee, while Senator Ahmed Wadada is to…
The Federal Government is set to harmonise all revenue-collecting agencies in Nigeria.
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Revenue, Zach Adedeji made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday.
Adedeji said the government will double the country’s total annual revenue which…
Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, on Monday, said sitting judges should not preside over election petitions tribunals.
The nonagenarian Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said judges who preside over election tribunals should be separate from…