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- 20 Apr 2016
NJC Sacks 2 Judges over Alleged Judicial Misconduct, Falsification
National Judicial Council (NJC) has sacked Justice O. Gbaja-Biamila of the Lagos State High Court and Justice Idris M. J. Evuti of the Niger State High Court, found guilty of professional misconduct.…
- 13 Sept 2019
NFIU Writes Banks, Asks for Account Details of Judges, NASS Members
Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has written to banks in Nigeria, requesting account details of all legislative and judiciary officials in the country. NFIU is the Nigerian arm of…
- 10 May 2020
COVID-19 - NJC Approves Guidelines for Virtual Court Sitting
National Judicial Council (NJC) has announced guidelines for the use of technological for the speedy dispensation of justice for the period of COVID-19 pendemic. Justice Tanko Muhammad, chief justice…
- 20 Feb 2022
CJN Seeks Training of Judges in Cybercrime from US officials
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has urged the United States of America, USA, to assist in training judges in the country on how to handle cybercrime related cases. The…
- 8 Apr 2025
CJN Warns Judicial Officials against Data Breaches, Cyber Attacks
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Chief Justice of Nigeria, has cautioned judicial officials to be vigilant against data breaches, cyber threats and vulnerabilities in online systems as the judiciary continues to…
- 13 Mar 2014
IT Professionals Still Missing In Modified National Confab List
Members of the national information and communication professionals are still conspicuously missing from the list of delegates to the proposed National Conference. The inauguration of the National…
- 21 Feb 2024
Tinubu Directs Government Agencies to Digitalize all Operations
In a bid to curb the perennial and increasing cases of leakages of sensitive materials from government offices, the federal government has ordered all Permanent Secretaries to fast track the…
- 18 Feb 2014
Jonathan Inaugurates Research, Innovation Council
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja inaugurated the National Research and Innovation Council (NRIC) to bridge the link between research and industrialization. At the ceremony held at the…
- 2 Feb 2018
COSON Kicks against N5.9bn Awarded to MCSN for Copyright Infringement
Barely a week after the Federal High Court in Lagos, awarded N5.9 billion “special damages” against Multichoice Nigeria in an eight-year-old copyright infringement legal battle between the South…
- 9 Jan 2015
FG to Issue Circular on New e-Collection Regime by Remita
Federal Government is to issue a circular and a booklet of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) in a bid to enlighten the public on the usage of electronic revenue collection platform aimed at checking…
- 21 May 2014
Sanusi Remains Suspended as CBN Chief- Court
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, lost his bid to return to office as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declined to set aside his…
- 12 Jan 2025
BudgIT Queries Irregularities in FG’s Proposed 2025 Budget
BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation promoting transparency, accountability, and effective service delivery in Nigeria, has said that it has observed certain legacy issues with the federal government…
- 2 Apr 2019
RMAFC to Probe Banks over Stamp Duty Collections
Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has secured the approval of the National Economic Council (NEC) to probe banks over the collection of stamp duties, an investigation has…
- 10 Aug 2013
JTF Backs Special Court to Try Oil Thieves
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, known as Operation Pulo Shield, has backed the idea of a special court to try oil thieves in the region. The National Economic Council last month…
- 20 Sept 2021
CIBN, NJI to Raise Awareness for Judicial Officers on Banking Contemporary Issues
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has called for joint knowledge events to educate all cadres of Judicial Officers in the country on developments and trending issues in the banking and…
- 25 Jul 2018
Judiciary, Banks Chase Shadows as another Banking Crisis Looms
Nearly ten years ago the Central Bank of Nigeria conducted a deep assessment of the country’s banks. The 2009 exercise exposed large-scale fraud committed by a number of CEOs. To save…
- 11 Jul 2021
SERAP Asks Court to Slash Allowances of Buhari, Others
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja “to order the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National…
- 6 Mar 2012
Count Us Out of Politics -MTN Nigeria
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN) has said that its focus is on its core competence of providing qualities telecommunications services and that it does not engage in any form of political…
- 15 Jul 2026
Court Grants Former CCT Chairman Danladi Umar N100m Bail Over EFCC Charges
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama has granted bail to former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr Danladi Umar, in the sum of N100 million with one surety…
- 6 Mar 2026
Bank Accuses Magistrate, Lawyer of Using Fake Order to Steal N3.5m from Account
Benedict Ikechukwu Anekwe, an Enugu-based lawyer, and C.K.C. Idu, a magistrate, have been accused of allegedly conspiring to fraudulently withdraw ₦3.5million from the corporate account of Ohha…
- 24 Jan 2022
NBA Indicts SAN, Six Lawyers for Influencing Judges to Give Conflicting Orders
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it has identified seven lawyers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political…
- 31 May 2016
National Shipping Line Underway, says Amaechi
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, minister of Transportation, has said that the federal government is marshalling out ways of encouraging the establishment of a National Shipping Line to ensure maximum…
- 4 Apr 2013
el-Rufai Responsible for Nitel’s Death, Former Workers Claim
Some former chief executives, union members and retirees of failed national carrier, the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) have joined the war of words over the failure of national carrier…
- 4 Jun 2015
NCC Takes Digital Learning to 10,000 School Girls in Agege
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commissioned more projects under its Digital Access Programme (DAP) aimed at impacting digital knowledge to over 10,000 school girls drawn from five…
- 27 May 2017
El-Rufai, an “Incurable Liar”- GEJ
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described Governor Nasir el-Rufai as a big liar, urging Nigerians not to take him seriously. Jonathan said this in a statement by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze,…
- 4 Nov 2024
Northern Broadcasters Sue Arewa 24, 7 Others over Licensing
Board of Trustees of the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association (NBMOA) has filed a lawsuit against the broadcast company Arewa 24 Limited and seven other entities, alleging they are operating…
- 22 Jul 2025
NIA Questions Legality of Reps’ Financial Probe
The Nigerian Insurers Association has urged the House Committee on Capital Market and Institutions to respect the constitutional separation of powers as it carries out a probe on over 20 insurance…
- 18 Nov 2021
Governor Mohammed Lauds CIBN for Donating 160-Seater Lecture Theatre to ABTU
The Governor Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed has commended the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria for donating a 160-Seater lecture theatre at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi,…
- 8 Aug 2015
Danbatta, New NCC Boss Resumes, Pledges to Tackle QoS
Professor Umaru Damabatta, newly appointed executive vice chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), who has resumed duty in acting capacity pending confirmation by the…
- 31 May 2020
FG Hopes Methanol will Improve Economy
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology, has said that the use of methanol will help improve the economy and provide jobs amidst COVID 19 and after. Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of…