•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State The Ebonyi State government has dismissed a report that Governor Francis Nwifuru ordered the arrest of five Commissioners over delay in delivery and breach of contracts. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of the Ebonyi Executive Council (EXCO) committee on Supervision and Completio...
•Natasha and Akpabio The Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions has dismissed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment and abuse of office petition against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, declaring it “dead on arrival”. The committee today cited procedural violations and legal constraints, reports Chann...
•Akpabio and wife, Natasha and husband Ekaette Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations of sexual harassment leveled against her husband by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, had in an interview with Arise Television today accused the Senate Preside...
•Mohammed Idris and Tigran Gambaryan The federal government yesterday dismissed the claims by Binance’s Head of Finance, Tigran Gambaryan, who spent eight months in a Nigerian detention facility over alleged corruption. Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen, was recently tried in Nigeria for financial crimes, reports Channels TV. He was released by the Ni...
•Naval officers The Defence Headquarters has announced the dismissal of a naval rating, Seaman Haruna Abbas, from service for disobeying lawful military orders. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, said Abbas Haruna was dismissed after the Chief of Naval Staff, Emmanuel Ogal...
•Group of pro-Wike Rivers Assembly members led by Martin Amaewhule Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a defection suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike. The suit seeking to replace the 27 lawmakers […]...
•Naira notes The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency and compels [&hel...
The Federal High Court sitting in Benin has dismissed a suit filed by Kenneth Imasuagbon, challenging the candidature of the Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate, Olumide Akpata for the Edo State governorship race. The court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit, adding that the suit lacked merit and was based on specula...
•Trump A Florida judge appointed by Donald Trump has dismissed the criminal case against the former president on charges of mishandling top secret documents, saying the way that Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed was improper. The decision is a huge victory for Trump, who had been accused of endangering national security by holding onto ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by members of the 9th Governing Council of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) challenging the council’s dissolution. In a judgment today, Tuesday, July 9, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the suit filed by the affected UniAbuja Governing Council members was instituted outside the three [&...

