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The Lagos high court has adjourned the case involving Innocent Chukwuma, CEO of Innoson Motors, following his absence and pending outcome of the petition against the presiding judge, Mojisola Dada, before the National Judicial Council (NJC). On February 12, Innoson petitioned NJC to investigate...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has outlined steps on how to write a good petition to them. 1. Address the petition to the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 2. You must include a name, telephone number and address which are necessary in case...

Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing Ogun East Senatorial District, has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to kidnap and repatriate him to the United States of America on alleged drugs offences. Lawyer to the Senator, Ajibola Oluyede...

The International Criminal Court, ICC, at The Hague has acknowledged that it is considering petition submitted to it by a human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, over alleged crimes against humanity committed in the context of the arms procurement scandal. The ICC revealed this in a letter...

The Kogi state governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Lokoja, capital of the state, has been relocated to Abuja. Akanji Akinlabi, secretary to the tribunal, disclosed this in Lokoja on Friday, saying the relocation was based on the directive of Zainab Bulkashua, president of the...

An official of the Office of the National Security Adviser, Mr. Bali Ndam, on Tuesday narrated to a Federal High Court in Abuja the processes leading to the charges of money laundering and fraudulent receipt of the sum of N400m from the ONSA in November 2014, preferred against the National...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has requested the International Criminal Court to “investigate allegations of crimes against humanity committed against the Nigerian people by top government officials in criminal diversion of $8 billion earmarked to procure equipment for the armed forces to...

Petition written by supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari intends to counter a similar one circulating online calling for his resignation or impeachment for violating court orders has gathered approximately 5,434 signatures in less than 24hours as of the time of publication against 2,232...

An online petition calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign for disobeying court orders to release some high-profile detainees has gathered over 600 signatories in just over 48 hours of being created. The petition, created by lawyer, Carol Ajie, followed comment by Mr. Buhari that a...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgment, which sacked Governor Darius Ishaku. He said, “such judicial rascality and conspiracy displayed in Taraba State must not be...

The Oyo State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, on Tuesday upheld the election of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the governor of Oyo State. The tribunal dismissed the petition of the governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the election, Senator...

So far in the Ministering Screening by the Senate, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has received petitions against these following nominees. The Nominees with number of Petition - Professor Anwuka Gozie (10 Petitions) -...