The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has constitutional power to takeover any criminal case at any stage of
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The immediate past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, will on June 14, 2019 face the Disciplinary Panel the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC)
Femi Falana, foremost human rights lawyer has cautioned the Nigerian Broadcast commission against breaching constitutional provisions for shutting down media organisations. He made the call in a statement to newsmen
Justice Folayemi Omoleye of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, has denied claims that she assaulted Pastors and worshippers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Glory Tabernacle Parish,
The Chief Executive Officer of Lafia-based private radio station, Breeze 99.9 FM, Nawani Aboki, has lauded the court verdict, which declared the May 20, 2017 demolition of the outfit’s premises
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Religious Preaching Regulation law, 1984, before the Kaduna State House of Assembly seeking substitution, was on Friday passed into
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Friday, June 7, 2019, arraigned one Moses Peter Adoga before Justice Simon O. Aboki of the Nasarawa State High
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the suspension of operating license of Daar Communications PLC, operator of AIT and Ray Power. Ekwo, while
A high level of bickering has allegedly rocked the Calabar Division of the High Court over a move to appoint of an administrative Judge following the retirement of the substantive
The Appeal Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has struck out a suit challenging the emergence of the son-in-law to former Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as the
Femi Gbajabiamiala, one of the major contenders in the speakership race for the 9th House of Representatives, has denied the allegation that he was convicted by a court in the
Despite attempts by supporters of the House of Representatives lawmaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, to deny the fact that the politician who is seeking to become the country’s number four citizen as
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Uno Michael Eke, the registered trustee of Micheno Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court in
A Kano State High Court has ordered the service of a Motion on Notice on the State Chairman of Football Association (FA), Sharu Rabiu Ahlan, who recently conducted election of
Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court, has ordered that Femi Gbajabiamila, a federal lawmaker, be served through substituted means the proceedings of the suit seeking to remove him
A senior advocate of Nigeria and rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot single-handedly approve establishment of State and Local Government Areas police. In a brief
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has restrained Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) from taking any step concerning or acting on its decision contained in its letter of May
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a former Acting Director-General of NIMASA, Calistus Obi, to seven years imprisonment for N136 million fraud. It would be recalled that
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, granted Steve Oronsaye, former Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), leave to travel abroad for medical attention. Oronsaye,
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State has charged the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) and the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association and the courts to
