Judiciary

ABUJA – Senate mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate an attack on Sen. Matthew Uroghide(Edo-South) in Benin on April 27. The Upper House decision followed a Point of Order moved by Sen. Uroghide. The lawmaker while citing Order 43 of the Senate Standing Order(2015) as amended, lamented the …

ABUJA – President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, inaugurated an Adhoc Committee for the establishment and development of the National Assembly Museum and Archives. The Committee chaired by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Senator Fatimat Raji-Rasaki, is charged with the task of establishing a National …

ABUJA – The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish Federal University of Technology, Ogaja. The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Jarigbe Agom (Cross River- PDP) who led the debate, said when passed into law, the bill would assist in extending infrastructure in …

ABUJA – The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes on Wednesday called on state governments to establish anti-corruption agencies in order to make the fight against corruption all encompassing. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Kayode Oladele (Ogun-APC) said this during a visit to the National Assembly by participants of …

ABUJA – Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, and four others are to be re-arraigned on May 16, in an FCT High Court, Maitama, on 32 amended charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ). Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was first arraigned in …

LAGOS – A Federal High Court, Lagos, has adjourned until May 22, hearing of a suit filed by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), challenging the freezing orders on her account. Patience had filed the suit in 2016, to challenge the ‘No …

LAGOS – The absence of the third defendant, Yusuf Danjuma, on Wednesday stalled the trial of two former ministers charged with N4.6 billion money laundering at a Federal High Court, Lagos. Danjuma, who is charged alongside with the ministers, is said to be hospitalised in Kaduna. Danjuma, a former Chairman …

LAGOS – A 29-year-old policeman, Sylvester Shamaki, who alleged used his fingers to penetrate private part of a 22-year-old woman, was on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Sylvester, whose address was not given, is facing a charge of sexual assault. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, …

ABUJA – The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says embattled Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) currently receiving treatment at National Hospital, Abuja is in stable condition. Saraki made the disclosure when he visited the lawmaker at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on Wednesday in Abuja. Melaye, …

ABUJA – The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it to explain the spate of killings in many parts of the country. The assembly also passed a vote of no confidence on the country’s Service Chiefs and all the security advisers to the president. …