by Azeez Adeniyi The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen on Wednesday asked judges to desist from accepting gratification. Justice Onnoghen spoke at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja, during the opening session of the 2017 Sensitisation Seminar for the Federal Capital Territory and State High Court judges. Onnoghen said bribery in the judiciary could... Read More

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July 1, 2016

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Recognise Sheriff, ignore Makarfi – Court tells PDP

Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff has been vindicated by a High Court in Abuja after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was ordered to ‘recognise’ his faction of the party. Sheriff was chased out of the national leadership of the party on May 21 following a controversial national... Read More

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May 24, 2016

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APC wants Fayose to declare his assets and answer to fraud allegations

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has charged the governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose to explain how he came about the N650 million he reportedly transferred to embattled former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh. A witness in the trial of Badeh for alleged fraud in property acquisition in... Read More

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May 24, 2016

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A judicial mess looms as PH court upholds PDP caretaker committee

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an interim injunction restricting Ali Modu Sheriff and Wale Oladapo from parading themselves as national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), until the conclusion of the motion brought before it by the party. On Saturday, Sheriff had been sacked as the National Chairman of the... Read More

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May 21, 2016

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Why PDP’s National Convention was suspended

The Peoples Democratic Party has officially called off its national convention which was scheduled to hold today in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The build up to the convention had been marred with several conflicts between members of the party and the founding fathers of the party. While this convention was billed to hold in Port... Read More

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May 21, 2016

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5 reasons why Buhari should fire the Minister of Justice

As the government of Muhammadu Buhari is about to clock one year in office, his strengths, weaknesses and shortcomings as well as that of his appointed officers would be thoroughly and vigorously reviewed by all and sundry. The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) , a civil rights group has taken upon itself the onus of reviewing... Read More

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April 6, 2016

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Saraki at the CCT… with the remaining supporting Senators (PHOTOS)

Following the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false asset declaration, the Senate President, on Tuesday, arrived at the court premises with a slew of senators. Since the commencement of his trial, Saraki had always been accompanied by a gang of senators, in a show of solidarity. While the number... Read More

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March 7, 2016

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‘DSS threatened to kill me’| ‘You’re a threat to our witnesses’ | Nnamdi Kanu’s trial drama

The continuation of the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu took a different turn on Monday, when the lawyers on the case told Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court that their lives were being threatened. While Kanu’s lawyer maintained that the Department of State Services threatened to kill him, the... Read More

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February 7, 2016

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APGA is a cursed party – Founding chairman, Chekwas Okorie

Founding national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has labelled the losses of the party in recent elections and at the Supreme Court as spiritual problem. In a chat with Nigerian Tribune, Okorie said the party’s present leaders were suffering from Karma, owing to their treatment of those instrumental to... Read More

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January 11, 2016

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‘Wike told us to fabricate anything to indict Amaechi’ | Former member of Rivers judicial panel confesses

Prof. Henry Ogboma, one of the 1,000 defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress has revealed shocking and startling details of instructions allegedly issued by Governor Nyesom Wike to the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry. Ogboma was part of the Commission was set up by Governor Wike to investigate the... Read More

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August 8, 2013

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Opinion: The judicial derobing of INEC’s Jega

by Emmanuel Onwubiko INEC should leave the smaller political parties alone; resist attempt to stifle growth of democracy but instead should introduce policies to restore credibility to this badly dented commission so as to meet the overwhelming wishes of Nigerians to see reforms… Prior to the appointment of Professor Attahiru Jega as chairman of the... Read More

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March 13, 2013

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Sabella Abidde: Henry Okah – Judicial and political blunders by the trial judge

by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde The trial of Mr. Okah leads us to the second anomaly: why was he tried in South Africa, and not in Nigeria where the alleged crimes occurred? Or is the Nigerian Judiciary incapable and ill-equipped to handle such a high-profile trial? On January 21, 2013 the South Gauteng High Court in... Read More

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Stop accepting gratification, CJN tells judges

Recognise Sheriff, ignore Makarfi – Court tells PDP

APC wants Fayose to declare his assets and answer to fraud allegations

A judicial mess looms as PH court upholds PDP caretaker committee

Why PDP’s National Convention was suspended

5 reasons why Buhari should fire the Minister of Justice

Saraki at the CCT… with the remaining supporting Senators (PHOTOS)

‘DSS threatened to kill me’| ‘You’re a threat to our witnesses’ | Nnamdi Kanu’s trial drama

APGA is a cursed party – Founding chairman, Chekwas Okorie

‘Wike told us to fabricate anything to indict Amaechi’ | Former member of Rivers judicial panel confesses

Opinion: The judicial derobing of INEC’s Jega

Sabella Abidde: Henry Okah – Judicial and political blunders by the trial judge

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