Atiku holds press conference on Supreme court’s verdict on his election petition appeal (Full text)

Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Monday over the Supreme Court’s verdict to dismiss his appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Below is the full text of his speech: Someone asked me what […]

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Foremost constitutional lawyer, Ben Nwabueze, dies

Foremost Nigeria’s Constitutional lawyer and erstwhile Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze SAN, has passed away. Nwabueze, born in 1931 at Atani, Anambra State, who has been ill for sometime died in his Lagos home on Sunday, October 29. He was 94. The spokesperson for the family, Eni Nwabueze, confirmed his demise […]

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Female Nigerian University lecturer found dead with her throat slit

A female lecturer with the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna in Niger State, Dr. (Mrs) Adefolalu Funmilola Sherifat has been found slaughtered in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town. Channels TV reports that the chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in […]

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Nigerian govt writes UK govt, seeks Diezani Madueke’s extradition

Attorney-General of the Federation and Nigerian Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has submitted a warrant of arrest and request to the Crown Prosecution Services of the United Kingdom for the immediate extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Punch reports that the request, made on the orders of President Bola Tinubu, […]

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Full text of Justice Dattijo’s speech on CJN’s powers, State of Nigerian Judiciary

One of the Justices at the Nigerian Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Dattijo, retired from active service on Friday October 27, having attained the statutory retirement age of 70 years. At his valedictory speech, the Niger State-born jurist, who said he spent 43 years in the judiciary, spoke on arrays of issues including the power of […]

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Iyalode of Egbaland, Alaba Lawson, dies

Former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, is dead. A prominent educationist and founder of the popular Alaba Lawson Group of Schools, Abeokuta died in the early hours of Saturday. News of her demise was contained in a […]

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Excluding Southeast and Northcentral at Supreme Court bench is deliberate, dangerous ―Retiring Justice Dattijo

Retiring justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Musa Dattijo, on Friday, lamented that the power vested in the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is too absolute and can easily breed corruption. He alleged that the refusal to fill the vacant slot of the Southeast and Northcentral regions on the apex court bench was […]

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Court declares IPOB ban null and void, Kanu awarded N8bn damages

Enugu State High Court, Nigeria, presided over by Justice A. O. Onovo, on Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. In 2017, the South-East Governors Forum, led by former Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi State, proscribed IPOB activities. The […]

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Tinubu not my President ―Rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says

Nigerian rights activist, co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, and business woman, Aisha Yesufu, has reiterated that President Bola Tinubu is not her president. Yesufu, who supported Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last presidential election, disclosed this on Thursday on her X (Twitter) account following the Supreme Court ruling […]

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Nigeria ranked 120th out of 142 countries in adherence to Rule of Law rankings

Nigeria is now ranked 120th of 142 countries in terms of adherence to rule of law, according to the latest global Rule of Law Index released by the World Justice Project (WJP). The rankings showed that out of the 34 countries ranked in the sub-Saharan region, Nigeria is rated 23rd. The 2023 index released on […]

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Nigerian Senate confirms Musa Aliyu as ICPC chairman

Nigerian Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of Musa Aliyu as the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC). The red chamber also confirmed the appointments of Gadji Dantata and Saka Sulieman as members of the Federal Judicial Service Commission. The confirmation of the nominees was announced by the Deputy […]

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Female UNIPORT student allegedly killed by her boyfriend for rituals (Videos, photos)

An X (Twitter) user, Journalist @kc_journalist posted the text and the four videos below to narrate how a 300 level female Nigerian University student, Otuene Justina Nkang, was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, Demian Okoligwe, a 400 level University student, for rituals. Alleged yahoo guy named Collins slaughtered his girlfriend, Justina, a 300 level student […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court dismisses Atiku, Obi’s appeals against Tinubu

Nigerian Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT) on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi’s appeals. All other panel members agreed with the lead judgment delivered by John Okoro, dismissing Atiku Abubakar’s appeal and challenging the judgment of the presidential petition tribunal. The six of them also agreed with Okoro […]

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114m people displaced by war, violence worldwide ―UN

UN refugee agency says no fewer than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September, due to conflict, persecution, and human rights violations. War in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Myanmar, drought, floods, and insecurity in Somalia, as well as […]

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Nigeria is not Lagos, Tinubu’s one-sided appointments is dangerous ―Asari Dokubo, ex-militant, laments (Video)

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has lamented over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments. Asari said this while reacting to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi’s call for Nyesom Wike to be removed as FCT Minister. Addressing this in a video which has gone viral, the former militant leader stated that Abuja was built with […]

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DSS releases former EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa

Nigeria’s Department of State Service (DSS) has freed embattled former EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, after spending over 134 days in custody. Reports say the ex-anti graft boss was released on Wednesday night. Bawa was arrested by the Department of State Service (DSS) on June 14, 2023, hours after his suspension from office as EFCC Chairman […]

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Supreme Court fixes date for judgment in Atiku, Obi’s appeals against Tinubu

Nigerian Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for the judgment in the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku and Obi are praying the Supreme court to set aside the judgment by the presidential election petition tribunal […]

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Nigerian medical doctor gets life imprisonment for raping 15-year-old wife’s niece

Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation (OCCF), Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a […]

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Ghana Refugee Board replies David Hundeyin over his residence status

Ghanaian government has reacted to claims by a Nigerian investigative journalist, Mr. David Hundeyin, that the Nigerian government was putting pressure on Ghanaian authorities to extradite him to Nigeria. The Nigerian journalist, Mr. Hundeyin who fled Nigeria in 2020 and following his application in 2021, is currently a refugee in Ghana, where he fled for […]

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