Three remanded at ACC over alleged assault on firefighters
Three persons have been remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre for allegedly assaulting officials of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency while they were responding to a petrol tanker accident…
14 years after shutdown, court orders re-opening of Jalingo church
The suit seeking to restrain the resumption of worship at the Jatutu Memorial Cathedral belonging to the United Methodist Church Nigeria ,UMCN, has been struck out by Upper Area Court…
El-Rufai: Tapping someone’s phone criminal, punishable by law – Lawyer
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Babatunde Ogala, has lent his voice to the saga involving the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, allegedly tapping the phone of the National…
SAN write NBA BoT over alleged election bias, ask Osigwe SAN to resign
In a fierce letter, two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), have petitioned the Board of Trustee of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA accusing the President of the Association, Afam Osigwe,…
Of lawmakers, elections, and democracy
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Owing to constant defections for whatever reasons, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is presently in firm control of the National Assembly and it has majority of…
Bank staff gets five years jail over N22m fraud in Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a bank employee, Janet Theophilus Danjuma, for defrauding an investor of N22,350,000 through a bogus investment scheme in…
Group charges IGP to probe activist’s disappearance
The Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to initiate a transparent and independent investigation into the forced disappearance of activist Abubakar…
Worker allegedly kills master, injures wife in Anambra
A 21-year-old apprentice, Chiemerie Anieke, has allegedly killed his master, Mr Ikechukwu Nwite, and injured the trader’s wife, Mrs Ogechukwu Nwite, in Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased, a native of…
CJN to swear in new Federal High Court judges
AGF tasks judicial workers on ethics, performance-driven service Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, yesterday, urged justice sector workers to entrench ethical conduct and performance-driven…
Deregistration suit of ADC, Accord, others fixed for hearing, Feb. 24
Suit seeking the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and the Action Peoples Party (APP) has been adjourned by…