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Senate Suspends Ningi For Three Months Over Budget Padding Claims

The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber. A…

12/03/2024

How CBN Awarded Contracts to Emefiele’s Wife, in-law – EFCC

A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Agboro Omowera, on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama that 10 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, including the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, minuted on the documents…

12/03/2024

SSANU, NASU To Begin Warning Strike March 18

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike – beginning March 18, 2024 – to demand the payment of four months of their members’ withheld salaries after the 2022 nationwide strike. The…

11/03/2024

Court Rules NYSC Must Allow Female Corpers Wear Skirts On Religious Grounds

A Federal High Court in Abakaliki has ordered the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to allow female corps members to wear skirts as part of their official uniform if it aligns with their religious beliefs. The judgment, delivered by Honorable Justice H.A. Nganjiwa…

11/03/2024

Northern Senators Move Against Akpabio Over alleged N4trn Budget Padding

Northern senators under the aegis of Northern Senators Forum (NSF) have confronted the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over alleged padding of the 2024 budget with about N4 trillion worth of projects. Representatives of the 58-member Forum led by its chairman, Abdul Ningi (PDP,…

10/03/2024

Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua is Dead

The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal Benin division, Hon. Justice Theresa Ngolika Orji-Abadua is dead. She died Friday, 8 March Justice Orji-Abadua, who was on the reserve list of nominees for appointment to the Supreme Court last year, hailed from Ikeduru in…

09/03/2024

‘Pivot Of The Nation,’ Tinubu Hails Nigerian Women On 2024 IWD

President Bola Tinubu has hailed Nigerian women on this year’s International Women’s Day, describing them as the pivot of the nation. Tinubu in a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, reiterated his administration’s commitment to prioritize women’s welfare, protect their rights,…

08/03/2024

Police Assault Legal Practitioner, NBA, Law Firm Demand Justice

A legal practitioner, Olamide Timothy Olaniyi has narrated how he was brutally assaulted by some officers of the Nigeria Police Force. The incident was said to have occurred when Mr. Olaniyi visited the station to inquire about a client who was detained. Despite his…

07/03/2024

Granting Interviews After Court Sittings Unethical, Justice Odili Cautions Lawyers

The Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Justice Mary Peter Odili (retd), on Wednesday, cautioned lawyers against addressing the media after court proceedings, describing the action as unethical. She stated this on the second day of the Call to Bar Ceremony of 4,412…

06/03/2024

LPDC Suspends Lawyer For Insulting Magistrate In Anambra

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) of the Body of Benchers has come down heavily on a senior lawyer of 41 years post-call for using derogatory language against an Anambra Chief Magistrate. In a February 20, 2024 direction the Committee ordered “That the…

06/03/2024

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