The Federal Capital Territory FCT remains in the grip of a major industrial crisis as striking workers, under the aegis of the Joint Unions Action Congress JUAC, have vowed to continue their “siege” on government operations following a tense day at the National Industrial Court. The union has called for a massive mobilisation of workers [&hell...
•PDP national secretariat, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced its decision to discontinue a lawsuit it instituted against the Nigeria Police over the blockade and occupation of its national secretariat, citing deep-seated concerns about fairness and impartiality in the handling of the matter. The party said the legal action...
•Late Herbert Wigwe The legal dispute over the estate of the late former Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, has escalated to the Court of Appeal following a ruling by the Lagos High Court. The appellants, Pastor Shyngle Wigwe (the late banker’s father) and Christian Wigwe (his cousin), have challenged the […]...
•Governor Fubara The federal government yesterday revealed that, contrary to reports, it has not stopped the disbursement of funds to Rivers State. The Director of Press and Public Relations at the OAGF, Bawa Mokwa stated that the government would comply with the court order, reports Saturday PUNCH. “Since there is a notice of appeal, the [&he...
•Surrogacy The Delhi High Court has granted an Indian couple the right to use the frozen sperm of their late son, Preet Inder Singh, for surrogacy. Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman agrees to carry and deliver a child for another person or couple, who will become the child’s parent(s) after birth, reports […]
•Bobrisky, VDM and Falz The entertainment industry, and indeed the country, has been gripped by the intriguing allegation that controversial cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, resided in an apartment while he was supposed to be serving a six-month sentence at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Apapa, Lagos. Early in the week, a contr...
•Justice Walter Onnoghen A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen will tomorrow resume his legal battle at the Court of Appeal Abuja against the judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that ordered his removal from office in 2019. The former head of the Nigerian judiciary in the suit filed at the […]
•Soludo and Peter Obi The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralphs Okey-Nwosu, has threatened to commence legal action against Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo and former governor, Peter Obi over the account of not less than N3 trillion from the federation account to local governments. The action, he said, will ...

