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The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, on Tuesday, received a fresh order to probe the erstwhile Chief Justice, Tanko Muhammed over the allegations of corruption raised against him by some justices of the Supreme Court. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has then mandated the Committee led by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele to probe the allegations …

Edo State Government has assured of quality healthcare, security and other infrastructure to improve the livelihoods of residents in riverine communities across the state. Representative of the Edo State Governor and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by the Ofunama National Executives, at the Government House, in Benin City. L-R …

Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to hear two cases of a human right lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court. The lawyer also appeared bare footed with cowries tied on his two legs. His wig had two long feathers, with cowries in his …

Two yet-to-be-identified cattle herders on Monday reportedly stabbed a man to death in protest against the killing of a cow around Agemowo, in the Badagry area of Lagos State. Cow and Bus PUNCH Metro gathered that the herders were crossing the expressway with their cattle when a commercial bus crushed the cow to death. Angered by the development, the herders accosted …

A few hours after resigning from office, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, lawyers, civil right groups and some branches of the Nigerian Bar Association on Monday called for the probe of the erstwhile Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad. They unanimously said that the allegations against the former CJN should not be swept under the carpet. Muhammad’s resignation was made public …

Or ‘break the egg and tell the world who is Obasanjo’ Unless former President Olusegun Obasanjo clarified the comment he allegedly made that picking Atiku as running mate in 1999 was a mistake, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to break the egg and tell the whole world and Nigerians who Obasanjo is in 48 hours.  The media was awash …

The number of fresh voters registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the ongoing registration currently stands at 10,487,972, the commission said on Monday. The commission gave the figure in its update for Week 11 in the Fourth Quarter sent to Journalists in Abuja. According to the short document, the number of completed registration stood at 8,631,696 (online – …

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over the controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc. In an originating summon marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, filed …

Opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Monday expressed concern over former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment that he made mistake when he picked his Vice President in 1999. The former President had on Saturday said he made a mistake in the choice of his number two ahead of the 1999 presidential election. Obasanjo became democratically elected President in 1999 while the current …

…Calls for calm, assures assailants will be brought to book Acting Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has condemned the killing of a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, in Ikabigbo, Etsako West Local Government Area of the State. Shaibu, who led other government functionaries and heads of security agencies in the state, on Monday, to Ikabigbo, …