There is tension at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Supreme Court justices are set to make their pronouncements on the subsisting petition over the mandate being exercised by the sitting governor in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu. Checks revealed that the candidate of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic
Chairman of the Body of Benchers and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, has advised the 880 law graduates admitted to Bar yesterday not to stray from the ethics of the profession. Rhodes-Vivour urged them to avoid acts or conducts that could obstruct or adversely affect the course of justice. “You must
Security operatives in Benin Republic have removed leg chain and hand-cuff from Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Ighoho. The Communications Manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye, made this known while giving an update on the state of Igboho’s health. He said, “We are pleased to inform all Yoruba People and well-wishers that
The federal high court in Abuja has selected only 10 media organisations to cover the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which resumes on Monday. The development is contrary to the report that the Department of State Services (DSS) picked the 10 media organisations to cover Kanu’s trial. In
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday has granted the applications of the 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu in his ruling on the ex parte application before the court, ordered that the Department of State Service should produce the detained aides of Sunday Igboho
A secret mistress of Ex-governor, Ikedi Ohakim has been arraigned in court on Friday for giving ‘false information’. Justice Halilu Yusuf of Federal Capital Territory high court sitting in Maitama Abuja on Thursday, granted bail to Miss Chinyere Amuchienwa Igwegbe, Ohakim’s secret lover. Amuchienwa was in court to face charges of providing false information in
The Body of Benchers, Nigeria has barred parents and visitors from the Call to Bar ceremony which will hold from July 27 to 29, 2021. The Secretary, Daniel Manasseh Esq, in a statement issued on Thursday said the ceremony, holding at Eagles Square in Abuja, is strictly for aspirants. He, however, said the ceremony, which
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the no-case submission by former Adamawa Governor Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), his son, Abdulaziz and others being tried for their alleged complicity in the diversion of about N29billion public funds. Nyako, Abdulaziz, Zulkifik Abba, Abubakar Aliyu, Sebore Farms and Extension Ltd, Pagado Fortunes Ltd, Blue Opal Ltd,
A suit instituted by 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, against the Department of State Services and its Director-General, Yusuf Bichi, will come up for hearing on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, (Sallah day) at the Federal High Court, Abuja, one of the counsels for the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area has sentenced two police officers and three others to death. The accused were sentenced to death on Friday for kidnapping an Uyo-based cattle dealer, Alhaji Muhammad Barkindo. In her ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Eno Isangedighi, held that the accused were guilty