Legal Nigeria

A group, Young Professional Alliance For Change, has con­demned what it described as absurd and unacceptable approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the anti-corruption crusade. The group made this observation in reaction to “the unguarded desperation by […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday alleged that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, bribed Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court with N225,000. It alleged that Tarfa, last January 7, transferred the money to […]

A Federal High court sitting in Lagos has threatened to order the arrest of Government Ekpemupolo, an ex-militant and also known as Tompolo, if he does not appear before it on Thursday. The court’s summons is in connection with allegations […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday adjourned till February 4 a suit filed by the family of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]

… Remands son in Kuje prison A Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday ordered that former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Mohamed Bello, be restricted to the Abuja hospital, where he is currently on admission. The […]