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Headlines, Judiciary, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
Tunji Aramide Ibrahim Uwais, son of a former Chief Justice of the Federation, Mohammed Uwais, who joined the Islamic terror group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was reportedly killed near Aleppo, in Syria. He died after an airstrike was carried out by the United States targeting known ISIS camps, according to a report by […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Friday, April 29th, 2016
The recent sanction carried out by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on Justice Idris Evuti and Justice Tanko Usman of the Niger State High Court for allegedly falsifying their dates of birth, and on Justice O. Gbajabiamila of the Lagos State High Court for delaying delivery of judgment for about two years, is a courageous […]
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General Politics, Judiciary, Latest Politics
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, disqualified herself from presiding over the trial of the erstwhile Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro. The former Minister is facing trial before the court over his alleged complicity in a N676million job recruitment scam that led […]
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EFCC Politics, Judiciary, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, March 24th, 2016

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has restrained the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, from arresting the former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, over his alleged complicity in N1 trillion fraud. Justice Gabriel Kolawole issued the order on the basis […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard TOP HEADLINES U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism I was almost lynched for being Igbo ˆ’ Onyeka Onwenu Court seals Psquare’s Omole home Jonathan’s cousin found dead 2 days after kidnap Face-lift for Murtala Muhammed International Airport as Nigeria builds new terminal By Innocent Anaba Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Judiciary, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
The Supreme Court has removed Stella Oduah and Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party as lawmakers representing Anambra State. The ruling means the election of all three Senators representing Anambra State had been nullified. The election of Uche Ekwunife was nullified by the Court of Appeal in December. Ekwunife defected from the PDP to […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, November 27th, 2015

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, failed to persuade the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to summon the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki( retd), to appear before it. Dasuki is answering to a five-count criminal charge bordering on money laundering and alleged illegal possession of firearms. He […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the judiciary to brace up for the challenges of combating impunity and corruption in the country. The President, who called for urgent reforms in the judiciary, noted that corruption and delay in the administration of criminal justice constitute major hindrance to government’s efforts at retrieving stolen funds and punish […]
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Headlines, Judiciary, Oil Politics
Friday, June 5th, 2015
The Supreme Court on Friday finally decided a 32-year-old case against the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, ordering the company to pay N30,288,681 compensation for oil spillage in four communities of Delta State. The four communities – Obotobo, Sokebolo, Ofogbene (Ezon Burutu) and Ekeremor Zion (Ezon Asa) – had, through some of their […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Muhammed The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, is making frantic efforts to ensure the current democratic dispensation is not truncated by a number of election-related suits in various courts, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that apart from publicly warning judges against any ruling capable of […]