Dattijo, public opinion and the rumble in Supreme Court’s jungle, By Festus Adedayo

Is there any connect between law and public opinion or judgments and public opinion? Before Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad’s valedictory speech at the Supreme Court last Friday, the connect or disconnect between those two had begun to assume a life of its own. The presidential election judgment delivered by the Supreme Court the day before […]

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See how late female Uniport student was playing with her boyfriend before he killed her for ritual (Video)

A video showing Otuenene Justina Nkang goofing around with her boyfriend, Collins, has emerged after he allegedly killed her and cut out her body parts. Justina, a 300-level student of the University of Port Harcourt was declared missing. Subsequently, her boyfriend Collins was caught by his estate’s security personnel when he was trying to dispose […]

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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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Francis Ngannou knocked down Tyson Fury in round three but defeated in controversial decision in Saudi Arabia

Cameroonian mixed martial arts fighter, Francis Ngannou knocked down World heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury in round three of their fight which took place in Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning, October 29. An unshaken Fury was able to continue the fight that went through the full 10 rounds. Fury, the unbeaten holder of one of the […]

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Time to rethink Nigeria, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

Two things happened recently that should make us rethink the direction Nigeria should go with regards to the laws that govern us as a nation and the electoral law that guide the conduct of elections in the country. Former INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega’s opinion that the electoral laws should be amended and the revelation […]

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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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Common causes of chest pain (2), By Sylvester Ikhisemojie

Last week, we began to deal with the various factors that could cause chest pain and indicated that we would be continuing the exercise this week because of space constraints and other factors. Today, we will be looking at some of the features within the abdomen that can lead to an individual manifesting such a condition […]

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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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Nigeria and the $11 Billion Scam, By Olusegun Adeniyi

I had just arrived Abuja from Beijing, China on Monday when news broke that Nigeria won its case against Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited, which had been seeking enforcement of a controversial $11 billion judgement debt in its favour. The Commercial Courts of England and Wales upheld Nigeria’s prayer that the said gas processing […]

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