Nigeria, March 6 -- The President of the the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, has dismissed Timipre Sylva's request for the disbandment of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribu... Read More
Nigeria, March 6 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday struck out an appeal seeking a retrial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, over charges of N7.1 billion fraud. In the decision... Read More
Nigeria, March 6 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sacked the leadership of its Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL). SPIDEL, led by John Aikpokpo-Martins, and other member... Read More
Nigeria, March 2 -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) says corruption is prevalent in the Nigerian judiciary. A representative of the UNODC, Melissa Omene, said this on Friday at ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- The National Population Commission (NPC) has stopped the manual process of registering applicants seeking birth attestation certificates in Abuja. This comes days after a PREMIUM ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, has closed his case in the petition seeking to overturn Governor Douye Diri's vic... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until 19 April. Binta Nyako, the judge, before whom... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- As the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resumes on Monday, lawyers and litigants are stranded at the Federal High Court in Abuja... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- A former Nigerian ambassador, Lilian Onoh, on Tuesday, accused Geoffrey Onyeama of lacking the mental health to be a minister when he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in t... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The ECOWAS Commission has lamented the failure of member states to implement its regional court's decisions. There are 15 countries in the regional body headquartered in Abuja, Ni... Read More