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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday has criticized the judiciary for recent court rulings, expressing concern over judgements related to political cases. Speaking at the 67th birthday celebration of legal expert Mike Ozekhome in Abuja, Jonathan highlighted a Supreme Court ruling that allowed a ward chairman of a political party to suspend the National Chairman, describing the decision as destabilizing to democracy. Jonathan argued that such rulings undermine the natural […]

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama on Thursday has postponed further hearings on the leadership crisis within the Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to November 8. Charles Agbaza announced the new date, where he will also address a motion by 15 NNPC staff members requesting his recusal from the case, citing concerns over his impartiality. The defendants argue that […]

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has written to the National Assembly about constitutional issues related to law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and factors inhibiting the government’s objective of abolishing corruption, as stated in Section 13 of the Constitution. In two separate letters to the Senate and House of Representatives, dated October 14tb, 2024 and addressed separately to the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, and […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized at least 750 tons of illicit drugs over the past three years, according to the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Mohammed Marwa. Marwa made the announcement on Wednesday during the inauguration of the NDLEA Marine Command Headquarters in Lagos, a facility built and donated by the British government. He stated that the agency’s partnership with other maritime law enforcement […]

Resident doctors at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) have urged the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, to reverse the alleged exclusion of clinical lecturers from contesting for the institution’s vice chancellor. The doctors, under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD-NAUTH) made the call on Wednesday as a strike embarked upon by the clinical lecturers entered the fourth week. The clinical lecturers who commenced strike […]

Stakeholders in the police ecosystem have begun the process of improving revenue generation for enhanced welfare and developmental projects. Specifically, officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and Internally Generated Revenue desk officers from all police commands, in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, are brainstorming in Enugu on the challenges of revenue and how to think outside the box to improve sources of revenue generation in the […]

The Federal Government and Organised Labour, yesterday, agreed on modalities to crash transport fares and prices of essential commodities, especially foodstuffs. This came as the House of Representatives asked the Federal Government to reverse the recent petrol price hike and take immediate steps to stabilise petrol and cooking gas prices through targeted interventions, such as temporary price relief measures, tax reductions, or subsidies on LPG for low-income households. Rising from […]