The National Judicial Council has recommended the compulsory retirement of two judges and dismissed petitions against 18 others. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Information, Soji Oye, the decision followed NJC’s 93rd Meeting which held in Abuja virtually on December 16. According to him, the affected judges are Hon. Grand Kadi, […]
A teacher at a private secondary school in Agege, Lagos , Kareem Olawale, has been charged with examination malpractice at a magistrates ’ court sitting in the Ogba area of the state. Olawale, 49, was reportedly invigilating candidates sitting the last West African Senior School Certificate Examination at the school when he was caught reportedly […]
The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission COVID -19 Palliatives Distribution Committee, Chief Sobomabo Jackrich , has alleged that some underprivileged people in the Niger Delta region rejected the rotten food items distributed to them by the sacked Interim Management Committee of the NDDC because they could be poisonous. He also alleged that the […]
…Says admission into the varsity must be strictly on merit Imo State Governor , Hope Uzodinma, has sacked the Vice -Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri , Prof Adaobi Obasi. Uzodinma’ s Chief Press Secretary , Oguwike Nwachuku , in a statement , said the decision to sack Obasi was reached at an Executive Council […]
Chairman of the Kwara State Commission on Assets Recovery, retired Justice Olabanji Orilonishe, yesterday said several of the government properties sold by the past administrations were undervalued and sold at giveaway prices. He lamented that deliberate policies were made to “enrich some individuals and siphon money out of the state.” Orilonishe, who spoke while presenting […]
Bauchi State Governor , Bala Mohammed, has said he is under pressure to probe former administrations particularly his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar . He also stated that former governors in the state will be buried politically because of the legacies he will leave behind at the end of his administration. He stated these in his speech […]
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, The Cable reports. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to sign the Federal Audit Bill , two years after it was presented to him for assent, The Punch reports. According The Punch, the bill, which was passed by the eighth National Assembly , aims to give legal backing to the Auditor -General of the Federation for effective auditing of […]
The Senate Public Account Committee has sustained a query which indicted a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of awarding N 145m meant for the media campaign on the Petroleum Industrial Bill to himself. The official was expected to award the contract to competent and technically experienced companies. The query is contained […]
The Senate has unravelled how the Ministry of Petroleum Resources allegedly spent N14.5 million for the supply of Schneider Biros, N46 million for the Ministry’s letter headed papers, and N56 million for the supply of tonners. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts is raising the […]
