Mr. Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria and counsel to detained political activist Omoyele Sowore was kept waiting at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday as the DSS and its lawyers failed to show up. The matter was stood down till 11:00 am to enable them get toContinue Reading
The supreme court has ruled that Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen that parliament should be prorogued for five weeks at the height of the Brexit crisis was unlawful. The judgment from 11 justices on the UK’s highest court follows an emergency three-day hearing last week that exposed fundamental legal differences over interpreting theContinue Reading
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, yesterday assured Nigerians that the Supreme Court under his watch will never be subservient to any person in Nigeria or another arm of government. He also warned government at all levels and their agencies against the continued disobedience to court judgments,Continue Reading
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and his party have formally filed their appeal against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal at the Supreme Court. A senior lawyer in the legal team of Atiku and PDP, Chief Mike OzekhomeContinue Reading
Owners of Irish firm, Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID), which got a $9.6billion judgment against Nigeria, have made offers for settlement. The offers came after a Federal High Court in Abuja wound up the firm and its Nigerian affiliate following their guilty plea to fraud and money laundering. TheContinue Reading
Abubakar Al-Siddique, six-year-old son of Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has been enrolled as a pupil of Kaduna Capital school. Abubakar was enrolled as a primary one pupil of the public school. This was made known via the state governor’s Twitter handle on Monday. According to a series ofContinue Reading
Tunde Bakare, the senior pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, says he has not granted any interview on the issues involving Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. “I believe the government is perfectly capable of addressing the issues,” he told TheCable on phone. “I have not and I am not granting interviews on this currentContinue Reading
There has been a fire incident at the Head Office of Unity Bank Plc on Victoria Island, Lagos, on Monday morning. Videos posted on social media by witnesses showed parts of the building on fire with the flames spreading to at least three floors. The fire which started early inContinue Reading
Thomas Cook has collapsed after last-minute negotiations aimed at saving the 178-year-old holiday firm failed. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator had “ceased trading with immediate effect”. It has also triggered the biggest ever peacetime repatriation, aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British holidaymakers home. PeterContinue Reading
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are due to arrive in Africa later with their four-month-old son Archie, for their first official tour as a family. The 10-day visit will see the royals celebrate the continent’s people and culture. It begins in Cape Town on Monday, where the couple willContinue Reading
