‘Hold your local leaders to account’ – Tinubu welcomes S’Court judgement affirming LG financial autonomy
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria affirming the spirit, intent, and purpose of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the…
Pay local councils monthly allocation directly, Supreme Court orders FG
The supreme court has ruled that the federal government should henceforth pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account. Delivering judgment in the suit on Thursday, a…
₦33bn: EFCC to arraign ex-Power Minister Saleh Mamman for money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Thursday, July 11, arraign a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, before Justice J. K. Omotosho for alleged N33 billion money…
Court orders Buhari’s ex-minister to account for ₦729bn paid to poor Nigerians
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million…
Wike’s wife Eberechi, others make final Appeal Court judges’ list
Eberechi Suzette Wike, wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and 21 others have made it to the final list of the Court of Appeal judges.…
Breaking: Court rejects Ighodalo, declares Edo PDP gov’ship primary invalid
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), February primary election, that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate invalid. Justice…
Right violation: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s ₦1bn suit against FRN, AGF, DSS
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the detained leader of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu seeking N1billion damages for alleged…
Court jails dad 14 years for raping, impregnating daughter
A High Court, sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, capital, has sentenced a 41 years old man, Baridapsi Needam, to 14 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating his daughter. The Bayelsa…
Court remands man for ‘grievous assault’ on police officer
Oluwaseun Jacobs, a 47-year-old cobbler resident in Ajah, Lagos state has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre on the order of a Court sitting in the state, for assaulting…
Cubana Chief Priest to forfeit ₦10m to FG, campaign against Naira mutilation
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered celebrity bartender and business man, Pascal Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest to forfeit the sum of ₦10m to the…