A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has awarded N900 million in damages against Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna governor and three others for arbitrary arrest and detention of nine Adara elders in 2019. The suit was filed by Awemi Maisamari, one of the elders and a former President of the Adara Development Association (ADA), for…
The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that its helicopter crashed in Bauchi. The police in a statement on Thursday by Frank Mba, its spokesman said the helicopter did not crash as it landed safely in Bauchi. The statement debunked claims by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), that the helicopter crashed and the people on…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Tuesday, boycotted the call to bar ceremony of 4,711 new lawyers inducted into the legal profession. The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement on Tuesday, said the decision to boycott the event was due to the refusal of chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Wole Olanipekun (SAN)…
The United States has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with journalists in Abuja. The envoy was asked if the US was ready to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. She, however,…
The president of the court of appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, has directed that all appeals arising from election petition cases across the country be transferred to the Abuja and Lagos divisions. According to reports by TheCable, the order affects gubernatorial, national and state assemblies’ elections, which held between February and March 2023. TheCable reports that, “Although…
A federal high court in Abuja has sacked a federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum federal constituency of Zamfara state, Abubakar Gummi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgement on Thursday, the presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, held that Gummi’s defection was unconstitutional since there was no division in…
