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WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Have you seen him? NCoS warders panic over Rev King as Maiduguri flood pulls down prison

By MUSA DANJUMA Special Correspondent, Maiduguri WHEN the walls of Maiduguri Custodial Centre collapsed on 10 September 2024, from the furious waters of the broken Alau Dam, the bigger concern for the authorities of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, beyond Maiduguri, was

September 20, 2024

Law & Society

Appeal court makes case for Governor to retain position even if deputy is disqualified

The Appeal Court has recommended constitutional changes to ensure that a governor’s election remains valid even if his deputy is disqualified. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal proposed an amendment to the Electoral Act. This amendment would ensure that a governor, whose

September 4, 2024

Law & Society

Repentant female Boko Haram: ‘I regret shredding my NCE certificate to pieces’

In a complete turn-around and total renunciation of the philosophy of their group, a repentant female Boko Haram member, who underwent deradicalisation and resettled in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, Fatima Musa, has explained how her heart is pierced each time

September 4, 2024

Law & Society

Chilling! 3,590 inmates on death row in Nigeria, says NCoS

In a chilling revelation, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said no fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, a rather staggering number of citizens who wake up every day knowing they could be decapitated by the

September 4, 2024

Law & Society

Court grants bail to Kano journalist accused of defamation, orders him to produce three sureties, including State NUJ Chairman

A Kano Magistrate Court, Tuesday, granted bail to Muktar Dahiru, a journalist standing trial in Kano for alleged criminal conspiracy, defamation of character, and intentional insult. The bail was granted in the sum of one million Naira. He was also ordered to

September 3, 2024

Law & Society

Police to Drew Povey, wanted Briton: We don’t hold interrogation on Zoom, come out of hiding, surrender to police

The Nigeria police have asked Drew Povey, the Briton wanted on charges of terrorism, to come out of his hiding and surrender to the police. Denying Povey’s allegation that the police didn’t send him any invitation before declaring him wanted, the police also

September 3, 2024

Conversations·Law & Society

One nation bound by only oil, by Ikeddy ISIGUZO

NIGERIA is divided across many lines on any issue. What appears to unite Nigeria is the attractive indolence that crude oil revenue has imposed on Nigeria. Some call it the “resource curse” without further inclination to ventilate different ways oil curses Nigeria.

September 1, 2024

Law & Society·News

‘Nigerian Mafia’ takes global centre stage as world’s police join forces to eradicate it, affiliated groups

By NDUJIHE UGWU It used to be thought that they were campus fads, groups of young persons flexing superiority muscles over girls, sex, alcohol and Indian hemp. Even when the intra and inter-campus killings started, what they called hits, with acid attacks

August 28, 2024

Law & Society

New CJN allegedly blocked from entering US over ‘judicial corruption’

The newly sworn-in Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, was allegedly denied entry to the United States due to her involvement in a controversial 2020 judgment that declared APC’s Hope Uzodimma as the governor of Imo State, according to Peoples Gazette.

August 24, 2024

Law & Society

CBN may face multiple suits over sack of staff

The Central Bank of Nigeria may soon face fierce legal battles as some of the recently disengaged members of staff have approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja Judicial Division, to challenge their “unjust” termination of service by the apex bank.

August 24, 2024

Law & Society

Tinubu swears in Kekere-Ekun as Ag. CJN, his first official function after return yesterday from France on ‘working visit’

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has been sworn-in as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. She will operate in acting capacity until conformation by the Senate. Justice Kekere-Ekun took her Oaths around 11:38am

August 24, 2024