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If we want to fix Nigeria, the first thing we need to do is consign impunity to the rubbish pit and take steps towards accountability.

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Eddy Odivwri Last week, I promised to revisit an interview the then Gen Mohammadu Buhari granted this newspaper, in December 2014, as he was yet aspiring to win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The interview which was published as “Presidential Series” was aimed at presenting the ‘repented’ Buhari to the voting public. He had borne the dark patch of being a military dictator, in his ‘first missionary journey” to save Nigeria. So, his publicists were no...

3 min read The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase (APC, Plateau), said Thursday that the Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia), ought to be in prison for failing to produce Nnamdi Kanu in court after standing as a surety. He cited the example of Ali Ndume (APC, Borno), another senator, who was put in prison by Justice Okon Abang, over the former’s failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, former head of the defunct Pension Reformed T...

TODAY The Federal High Court has reshuffled its judges across its 36 divisions in the country. The changes are to take effect from April 12, a circular issued on March 16 (Tuesday) by the Chief Judge of the court, John Tsoho, states. “Judges newly posted to judicial divisions must assume duty in such places on April 12, 2021,” the document obtained from a court official by newsmen late Tuesday, reads in part. Analysis of the circular by newsmen shows that 53 out of the court’s 77 judges...

Over 70 justices were listed including two judges – Justice Okon Abang and Justice Chukwu Ijeoma – handling the cases of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore.

Sani Katu, SAN, has announced withdrawal of his legal representation for the embattled former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.

Court says Maina’s request to summon witnesses was done in haste On Kindly Share This Story: The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, held that the request by Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), seeking it to compel some persons to testify in his ongoing trial was done in haste. Justice Okon Abang, while delivering a ruling on the oral application filed by Sani Katu, SAN, to withdraw from Maina’s suit, also said Maina should have himself to blame ov...

Solomon Elusoji   Good morning, We are leading with scenes from workers’ protests over a minimum wage law, the debate over the appropriation of a repatriated James Ibori loot, and visuals of Kanu Nwankwo narrating his grass to grace story. Members of NLC protest in Abuja Workers Protest Minimum Wage Law Hundreds of workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday forced their way through the gates of the National Assembly, despite attempts by security personnel to stop the...

Alleged N2 billion Fraud: Why I’m abandoning Maina, defence lawyer tells court The lawyer says his mind and that of his client, are at cross-purpose. 2 min read A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sani Katu, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja why he is resigning as the lead defence counsel for the chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who is being prosecuted for N2 billion money laundering. He said in a court document filed on Wednesday, ...