National Judicial Council (NJC) has said that it is not aware of the shortlist of 22 justices made by the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) for the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. the NJC Director of Information, Barrister Soji Oye, said that the nomination has not been brought to his knowledge. The FJSC list,…
Bianca Ojukwu on Thursday in Awka refuted a report that a mass grave with 322 corpses had been found in Anambra. A Nov. 7 report in some sections of the media quoted a Nov. 6 post on the Facebook page of Mrs Ojukwu, Secretary to the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC), as the…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the Appeal Court judgement that sacked the Zamfara State Governor, Daudu Lawal, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Dauda as winner of the election. However, the APC governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, challenged the outcome of the March 18…
Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has reiterated his dream of a United State of Africa, the second USA. He made the statement during the 12th Annual Zik Lecture Series with the theme “Reclaiming Zik’s World: Climate Justice and Africa’s Sustainable Development held at ASUU Secretariat, UNIZIK Awka. Soludo added that Africa needs to unite…
The Lagos State Government, under the present administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has embarked on a movement against street begging, vowing not to tolerate the act henceforth in any part of the state. Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, stated this while leading ”Special Rescue Operations,” launched by the ministry, in collaboration…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has restrained the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, from removing the State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo and Michael Obidiya, as the secretary of the state Judicial Service Commission. The court gave the orders following two separate suits filed by Ojo and Obidiya through their…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the March 18 governorship election won by Dauda Lawal and the People’s Democratic Party. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Lawal winner of the election. Lawal, of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election….
In a bid to reduce infant mortality rate in Nnewi, Anambrab state, the Rotary Club Of Nnewi Urban, Zone 17 Anambra State in Rotary district 9142 under the leadership of Rotarian Valentine Chukwuebuka Okafor,, on Monday 13th November 2023 carried out a ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony of the ultra modern Maternal and Child…
A Russian anti-war activist has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for replacing supermarket pricing labels with anti-war messages. Sasha Skochilenko, 33, an artist from St Petersburg, has been in detention since April last year. She was convicted of spreading “false information” about the Russian army. Her lawyers pleaded for her acquittal,…
The leadership of the Biafra Independence Movement and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has accused former governors of Anambra and Imo state, Peter Obi, and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State of betrayed the late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. In a statement by its Senior Special Assistant on Media and…
