LEGAL

As the United States government plans to return the over $23 million looted by the late dictator Sani Abacha, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded a copy of the agreement. Last Tuesday, Nigeria and the United States reached an agreement…

The Social Democratic Party governorship candidate in the June 18 Ekiti poll, Segun Oni, has threatened a contempt suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission for allegedly defying a tribunal’s order to allow him access to materials used for the election. Former Attorney…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration said it has concluded plans to prosecute no fewer than 413 property owners for failing to pay ground rent. The FCTA said the move was part of efforts to recover over N29bn ground rent owed by property owners…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “immediately give seven million Nigerians who have carried out their voter registration online the time and opportunity to complete the process, so…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Marlin Sylva has won a lawsuit against the Publisher of Point Blank News, Mr Jackson Ude in a United States District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania. It was gathered that Jackson Ude had in a…

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, also known as Miyetti Allah, has said Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, will face justice for “violating the rights of Fulani herders” in his state. The National Secretary-General of the Fulani socio-cultural group, Mr Saleh Alhassan, also said…

An indigenous pay cable television company, Metro Digital Limited, has decried the refusal of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission to comply with the directive of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, asking it to address the firm’s complaints about a trade dispute…

The Department of State Services has disowned a security alert currently making waves online. The Spokesman for the DSS, Dr.Peter Afunanya drew attention to the fake security advisory last night. The fake alert apparently made a counterfeit of an innocuous intetnal advisory issued by…