Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday arrested Dennis Agya Kiyeye, 52, for impregnating and attempting to murder his niece.
The suspect allegedly defiled and impregnated the 15-year-old niece at Ilupeju village in Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti state.
The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the Federal Government to investigate the 2016 mass killings and destruction of properties in the Agatu Community in Benue State, identify and prosecute the perpetrators and redress the victims.
Delivering judgment in a suit brought by a catholic priest, Reverend Father Solomon Mfa, and eleven others, a three member panel of the Court found the government in ‘violation of their obligation to protect the human rights of the Agatu Community and prevent its violation.’
After winning the Niger East Senatorial seat in last Saturday’s national assembly election in Niger state, the All Progressives Congress has made a u- turn saying Senator David Umaru was its candidate in the election.
The APC national chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomole had in obedience to court order forwarded the judgement of an Abuja High court which declared Alhaji Sani Musa as the candidate to the Independent National Electoral Commission which on its part recognised him (Musa ) as the candidate for the election.
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomole is a man without shame, a hypocritical looter who is yet to be cleared of the ₦10 billion fraud allegation, still surrounding him.
The Supreme Court has fixed judgment for May 17 this year in a suit by Cross River State Government seeking to set aside the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
A seven-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour fixed the date on Thursday after taking arguments from lawyer to parties.
Lucius Nwosu (SAN) argued on behalf of the plaintiff (Cross River State), while Dayo Apata, Solicitor General of the Federation (argued for the defendants – the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Attorney General of the Federation).
It is the plaintiff’s contention …
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has become the 64th richest person in the world.
Dangote who is the President of Dangote Group moved up to the 64th position with an estimated worth of N6,020,820,000 ($16.6 billion)
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday vowed to challenge in court the outcome of the last Saturday’s presidential election he contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement he personally signed and released to journalists, Atiku said: “I hereby reject the result of the February 23, 2019 sham election and will be challenging it in court.
This is the chairman of Independent Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, a man, going by his credentials, one would adjudge to be very diligent, meticulous, cerebral, and above all, a man of integrity that wouldn’t compromise his moral values for any sort of economic gratification.
However, the Presidential and Senatorial elections in Nigeria conducted on February 23, in deed, revealed the Devil in him. Yakubu, only proved to Nigeria that he was a complete description of incompetence, goofery, and really learnt nothing from his so-called qualifications.
