Police avert bloodshed as Oshiomhole’s supporters, critics clash in Abuja
For the timely intervention of heavily armed policemen, the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have been turned into a killing field after dozens of supporters and…
Stop all flights from Coronavirus affected countries, Atiku tells Buhari
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to stop all flights from countries facing the Coronavirus outbreak. Atiku, who was the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
UBA Records 13% Earnings Growth, Delivers N111bn Profit
The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced its audited results for the full-year ended December 2019, recording impressive growth across top and bottom lines. According to the 2019…
Buhari suspends Amnesty Programme Boss Dokubo
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Program, Professor Charles Dokubo. Buhari also ordered that a caretaker committee is set up to review…
EFCC Claims in Forfeiture Application Case — Our Stand, by Dr. Bukola Saraki
Last Friday, the lawyers representing Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, appeared before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to oppose the application by the Economic…
SERAP asks Senate President Lawan to drop bill to give ‘repentant terrorists’ foreign education
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, urging him to use his leadership position to “ensure that the bill…
Nigeria’s Panama Papers: How Gov. Atiku Bagudu stole over $600 million from Ajaokuta Steel Scam
On August 1, 2016, after decades of deadlock, the Buhari administration took a major step towards kick-starting and revitalizing the steel sector as it signed a renegotiated concession agreement with…
Supreme Court Penalizes APC Lawyers, Dismisses Request to Review Bayelsa Judgment
The Supreme Court yesterday excoriated two lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) and Wole Olanipekun (SAN), for daring to file an application for a review…
A History of Supreme Court Judgment Reviews
All over the world, where the common law is being practiced, it is standard for the apex court to review its own judgments. In Nigeria, there are a few occasions…
Olisah Metuh bags 7-years imprisonment for N400 million fraud
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, have been sentenced to seven years in prison. This was after…