Legal Nigeria

•Senator, PDP hail constituents •APC chair: ghosts behind attemptTHE move to recall Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) from the Senate has finally failed as only 5.34 per cent of the total 188,500 signatories to his recall petition were verified in […]

President Muhammadu BuhariIn a strongly worded statement on Thursday night, President Muhammadu Buhari urged Nigerians in Benue, who have been bearing the brunt of unparalleled violence in the country since the New Year to look beyond the surface, as agents […]

+ The Senate on Thursday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to appear before it at 11:00 a.m. next Wednesday and explain why Senator Dino Melaye was handcuffed by policemen who arrested him on Tuesday.Ibrahim was also expected […]

By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Juliet Akoje (Abuja), Emmanuel Ande (Yola) and Joseph Wantu (Makurdi) Members of the House of Representatives . PHOTO: TWITTER/HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Lament Benue killings, suspend sitting• Pass vote of no confidence on service chiefs• Scores feared killed […]

Court gavel.Paul IyoghojieA Lagos-based businessman has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly obtaining the sum of N141,640,000 from his business partner under false pretence.The accused, Chekwube Okafor, 32 allegedly obtained the money from his partner, Ifeanyi Okolie.The […]

  Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi…… PHOTO: Premium timesThe Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of Senator Peter Nwaboshi in Ikoyi Prison.The remand order follows the arraignment of the senator by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]