•Deputy Governor Shaibu The impeachment investigation panel against Edo State deputy governor, RT. Hon Philip Shaibu headed by retired Justice S.A. Omonuwa today ruled that the panel would continue its investigation as there was no court order foreclosing it. The ruling by the panel was after the counsel to Shaibu, Professor Oladoyin Awoyale (...
•Ortom Five weeks after the inauguration of two judicial commissions of inquiry to look into the activities of ex-Governor Samuel Ortom while in office, investigations reveal that they are now set to quiz him and his aides. The state governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, had on February 26, 2024, inaugurated the two judicial commissions of […...
The House of Representatives, yesterday, described the 2012 Steve Oronsaye Report as outdated and called on President Bola Tinubu to thoroughly review it before going ahead to implement the same. The House, therefore, raised a 23-man committee chaired by House Leader, Julius Ihonvbere, to recommend appropriate measures to mitigate the likely f...
•Nigerian Senate Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has just named a 43-member ad hoc committee to further review the 1999 Constitution. The committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has a member from each of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports Nigeri...
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has received reports from 16 out of 29 states on #EndSARS panels. The panels were set up to investigate violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units, reports NAN. The panel was set up by the federal government in November 2020 under former […]