•Ganduje A High Court in Kano State, on Tuesday, fixed May 27, 2024, to hear three applications regarding the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. It will be recalled that on April 17, the court granted an order directing parties to maintain the status quo […]
•Education Minister Prof. Tahir Mamman The federal government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, gave the directive today during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bw...
•Abdullahi Ganduje A Kano State High Court has fixed April 17, 2024, for the arraignment of the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others, for alleged bribery. Ganduje and the others will be arraigned on eight counts bordering on a $413,000 bribery allegation, diversion, and misappropriation of fun...
•INEC election The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed local government elections in the state for July 6, 2024. The commission’s chairman, John Chen, stated this today when he met with stakeholders where he unveiled the election timetable in Makurdi, the state capital, reports The PUNCH. He assured all that the commission w...
•Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed March 19, 2024, for a ruling in the application by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be admitted to bail in the terrorism charges filed against him by […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, today, fixed Monday Feb. 5 for ruling on bail applications filed by five suspected persons accused of burning down part of the Rivers House of Assembly on Dec. 29, 2023. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon fixed the date after lawyers to the prosecution and that of the defence adopted their processes and […]
•Late Oluwabamise Ayanwola and the BRT Bus The Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Tuesday fixed February 8 for the hearing of the ‘No Case Submission’ filed by the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, who is facing trial for the death of one of his passengers, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. […]
•Bishop Feyi Daniels The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has fixed January 26 to deliver judgment in the case of a cleric, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, accused of raping two of his church members. Justice Rahman Oshodi fixed the date for judgment after the prosecution led by Babajide Boye and the […]
•Nnamdi Kanu A Federal High Court, Abuja, today, adjourned a fresh N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the federal government until March 4 for hearing. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter following the absence of counsel for Mr Kanu in court, reports NAN. When [&he...
•Chairman, Delta State Internal Revenue Service, Solomon Ighrakpata Employers of labour as well as self-employed individuals in Delta State, have been given till January 31, and March 31, 2024, respectively, to voluntarily file their annual tax returns for 2023 by the Personal Income Tax Act of 2004, as amended. This was contained in a stateme...