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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has dared the Nigerian Government and security operatives to charge Mr Omoyele Sowore to court. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 Presidential Election, was arrested on Saturday by Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS accused the convener of #RevolutionNow movement, […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), TANKO MUHAMMED has called for collaboration between the three tiers of government to reposition the judiciary. Justice TANKO who spoke at the red Chambers while addressing Senators on his confirmation as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria said that the judiciary will not go begging the executives for anything. He urged […]
National Judicial Council in an Emergency Meeting has recommend to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, the appointment of Justice TANKO MUHAMMAD, as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Meeting which was initially presided over by Justice UMARU ABDULLAHI, considered and approved the recommendation of its Interview Committee that screened the two candidates presented by the Federal […]
The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammed has asked judicial officers to be diligent in their duties, shun corruption and avoid practices and misconduct in the discharge of their duties as magistrates. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2019 orientation course for newly appointed magistrates, Mohammed said that the image of the […]
The hearing of the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party and it’s candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has commenced. In court are leaders of the party including the Vice Presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi, Chief Tom Ikimi, Mr. Ben Obi and a host of others. Atiku’s team is led by Professor Ben Nwabueze, who was wheeled […]
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja, has granted a bail of N20 million to the official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mrs Philomina Chieshe, who claimed that a snake swallowed the sum of N35,480,000 million kept in her custody. The trial judge, Justice Peter Afen, who granted the bail […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri the Imo state capital has sacked the member-elect representing Nkwerre/ Nwangele / Njaba / Isu Federal constituency of Imo State, Ugonna Ozurigbo under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgment delivered on Monday, the presiding Judge, Justice Tijani Ringim ordered the Independent National Electoral […]
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has continued proceedings to hear all applications in the petition filed by the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) challenging the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The HDP through its counsel had informed the tribunal of two applications. One of the applications is for leave of court to amend their brief and […]
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has called for the release of 10 civilians detained by the Nigerian Navy. He made the call in a letter addressed to the Attorney-General of the Federation () and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami. In a copy of the letter sent to Channels […]
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi, on Wednesday attended the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. The petitions tribunal commenced its inaugural sitting on Wednesday morning. Obi at the venue of the tribunal at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal sat in the […]
