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Lawyers accused of manipulating NBA election to be re-arraigned The Punch Published 8 July 2021 The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has fixed November 9, 2021, for the re-arraignment of two lawyers, accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to have manipulated the 2018 Nigerian Bar Association Election that produced Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN, as NBA President. The two lawyers to be re-arraigned before Justice Tijani Ringim are Sarah Ajibola and John Demide. The two lawyers were previously arraigned before Justice Chuka Obiozor, who was transferred last year to another...

The Federal Government has said that over 700 road projects were currently ongoing across all geopolitical zones in Nigeria. It said the roads include intervention projects in higher institutions of learning and assured it would complete ongoing iconic road infrastructure across the country. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Ernest Umakhihe, disclosed this at the ongoing 26th National Council on Works in Port Harcourt. He was quoted in a statement issued in Abuja by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Boade Akinola, as saying, “The Federal Government is c...

Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Ahmed Mohammed yesterday adjourned till December 15, to deliver his ruling in a motion by Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, asking him to stay further proceedings in his alleged certificate forgery trial. Justice Mohammed fixed the date after taking arguments from lawyers representing parties in the suit. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its chieftains, Mr Williams Edobor, had dragged the governor to court, accusing him of forging his Bachelor of Arts Degree certificate he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in aid ...

  A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of two lawyers, Sarah Ajibola and John Demide, following their arraignment for allegedly rigging the August 2018 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national elections. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered their remand in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The duo are to remain with the anti-graft agency for seven days in order to fulfill their bail terms, failing which they will be transferred to the custody of Nigerian Correctional Services. In the 14 count charge before the court, the EFCC claimed that Aji...

A file photo of a court gavel. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of two lawyers, Sarah Ajibola and John Demide, following their arraignment for allegedly rigging the August 2018 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national elections. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered their remand in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The duo are to remain with the anti-graft agency for seven days in order to fulfill their bail terms, failing which they will be transferred to the custody of Nigerian Correctional Services. In the 14 count charge before the cour...