Judiciary

ABUJA – The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday briefed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the forceful removal of the Senate mace by some hoodlums on Wednesday morning. He was in company of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang. Ekweremadu …

BENIN CITY – Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has sworn-in Mrs. Orobosa Omotoso and Mr. Terry Momodu as Justices of the State High Court. At the swear-in ceremony held in Government House, Benin City, Obaseki said he remains committed to strengthening the judicial system to ensure the delivery of …

BENIN CITY – Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday said his administration was committed to strengthening the state judicial system for optimal service delivery and sustenance of the democratic process. He said this while swearing in two new justices of the state high court at the Government House, Benin. …

IBADAN – An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday adjourned ruling on an application for stay of proceedings filed by a former governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, and two others in an N11.5 billion fraud suit. Alao-Akala, Sen. Hosea Agboola, a former Commissioner for Local …

ABUJA – Senate yesterday, confirmed the nomination of Aisha Ahmad and Edward Adamu for appointment as deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The lawmakers also confi8rmed the nomination of Prof. Adeola Adenikinju, Dr. Aliyu Sanusi and Dr. Robert Asogwa for appointment as members of the Monetary Policy Committee …

ABUJA – Senate has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to appear before its Committee on Information and Culture to explain what he is doing to reposition the culture and tourism sector to become a major foreign exchange earner. It further passed a resolution that the …

ABUJA – The All Progressives Congress yesterday, engaged the senate caucus of the party in a stormy session over how to strengthen the party and build stronger executive and legislative relationship to snowball into victory for the ruling party in the 2019 general election. Chairman of the party, Chief John …

ABUJA – Senate of the Federal Republic will today, discus the merits and demerits of Saturday outburst by retired Major General Theophilus Danjuma on Nigeria economy. The former Minister of Defence had decried seeming hopelessness of the country’s internal security and urged the citizens to take up arms and defend …

ABUJA – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday sounded that no amount of intimidation by those working for the executive will deter the National Assembly from continuing to execute zonal intervention projects for their respective constituencies. He also declared that budget size is not what is …

ABUJA – President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has called for the urgent review of the nation’s tax laws to make for a more efficient and productive tax system in the country. Giving the charge yesterday, while inaugurating the Technical Committee on Reforming Nigeria’s Tax System at the National …