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Kwara, Rivers, Benue FCT Get 28 New Judges
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved the nomination of 28 candidates for appointment as Judges of state courts and a candidate for appointment as Kadi of the Sharia Court of the FCT, Abuja to their various nominating State…
Court in Ebonyi Fines Ecobank N10m for Fraudulent Use of Bizman’s BVN
An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Abakaliki, has ordered Eco Bank PLC, the Executive Chairman, Maize Growers, Processors & Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), Ebonyi State Office, Mr. Ebere Oji Odii, the Ohaozara…
Maritime Seminar For Judges Aimed At Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution In The Sector –…
The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigeria Shippers Council, Barrister Akutah Pius, has stated that the 17th International Maritime Seminar for Judges, organised by the council in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute…
M.T. African Pride: Olanipekun Ascribes Admiral Agbiti’s Triumph to Strong Judicial System
Twenty years after his ordeal in the hands of the Nigerian Navy, friends, family and eminent Nigerians, yesterday, gathered to celebrate former Chief of Training and Operations at the Navy headquarters, Rear Admiral Francis Agbiti…
Former Accountant General of The Federation Begs Court for Time To Return N1.6 billion Loot
A former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to give him time to refund monies he stole from public coffers.
Nwabuoku on Wednesday when he appeared in court…
JUST IN: Supreme Court Finally Grants Financial Autonomy to 774 LGAs
The Supreme Court has finally granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government areas in Nigeria.
In a landmark ruling on Thursday that the apex court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated to…
Supeme Court to Deliver Judgement on LGA Autonomy Tomorrow
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has scheduled tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, 2024 to the deliver the judgement on the suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN against the governors of the 36 states…
CJN to Inaugurate Daughter-in-law, Wike’s Daughter 10 Others as FCT High Court Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode AriwoolA is set swear –in his daughter in-law, daughter-in-law, Mrs. Victoria Oluwakemi Ariwola, the daughter of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lesley Nkesi Belema…
FG VS State Governors: Fight for Local Government Autonomy Begins in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court OF Nigeria on Thursday fixed June 13 to hear the suit filed by the Federal Government against the governors of the 36 in the country for allegedly mismanagement of the allocations of local government areas in their…
JUST IN: Tribunal Upholds Election of Hope Uzodinma as Imo Governor
The Imo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Senator Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor of Imo State.
The tribunal in a unanimous…