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The Federal Government, yesterday, shunned the National Judiciary Council, NJC, and pressed ahead with its decision to bring the seven suspected corrupt judges to justice. The seven are among the 15 already identified by the

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has reacted to the ‘tsunami’ of criticisms that have greeted the raid on the homes of some judges, as well as their subsequent arrests and investigations. Both the Nigerian Bar

  The recent statement by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to reform the Nigeria’s electoral laws is in order. Any overture with a positive attribute is always welcome. Yet, some might argue, and plainly so,

  A witness in the trial of Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, Kime Egozi and one Josephine Otuoga today told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how Major General Atewe, former Commander

  Justice John Inyang Okoro of the Nigerian Supreme Court has alleged that Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Umana Umana, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, tried on separate

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has seized €325,640 and $30,000, totaling about N175 million, being smuggled into Nigeria from Greece and Austria. The anti-narcotics agency said that the suspects concealed

  Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 warned parties, their agents and surrogates to stop interfering with prosecution witnesses. The judge gave the warning at the

Photo Credit:Premium Times While praising all parties involved in securing the release of 21 Chibok girls, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged the same parties to ensure that all captives of Boko Haram are released.

The Kano State Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disclosed that it had recovered over N54.5 billion from fraudsters and politically exposed persons in the State. The Zonal Head