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The National Judicial Council (NJC) yesterday gave the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen and the acting CJN, Tanko Mohammed, a one-week ultimatum to respond to allegations of corruption and professional misconduct levelled against them. Following an emergency meeting to consider petitions against the two most senior judicial officers in the country, the […]

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has urged the association to remove the name of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman, Danladi Umar, from the list of lawyers in Nigeria. In a three-ground prayer, the outspoken legal luminary submitted that Umar not being a judicial officer is subject […]

In a move widely perceived as a response to statements made by the US Embassy, UK High Commission and European Union Election Observer Mission, regarding the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, the federal government has warned representatives of foreign countries and organizations resident in Nigeria against interfering in its […]

The Nigerian Senate has petitioned the nation’s highest court, seeking clarification whether President Muhammadu Buhari acted ultra vires –beyond the powers of his constitutional competence –following his decision to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, outside the prescribed constitutional process. “Earlier today, the Senate filed a case in the highest court […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited 144 observer groups that will monitor the conduct of the forthcoming general elections. The figure, as published on the commission’s official website, www.inecnigeria.org, comprised 116 domestic and 28 international observer groups. The accredited foreign observer groups are: African Bar Association; African Parliament of The Civil Society; African […]

Business magnate, Chief Femi Otedola told an Abuja High Court on Monday that the Department of State Service (DSS), provided him with the $500,000 that he offered to former Rep Farouk Lawan as bribe to remove his oil company, Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, from the list of companies indicted by the House of Representatives […]

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has indicated its readiness to support the Japanese government in its drive to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises across Africa. The Chairman, UBA Group, Mr. Tony Elumelu, indicated this on Monday, when the members of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), led by its CEO, Mr. Hiroyuki Ishige, […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), rose from its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Monday in Abuja, with a resolve to embark on a “two-day warning boycott” of courts nationwide, beginning today, Tuesday, January 29, 2019; to drive home their displeasure of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen without due process. […]