OLD NAIRA NOTES – JUDICIAL CONFUSION

28 Feb 2023

What is the effect of the injunction of the Supreme Court (SC) restraining enforcement of the phasing out of old notes? One thing is certain: the CBN has already given Friday, 10th February as the date on which the old notes cease to be legal tender. Only the CBN can change that date. No court […]

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NEEDED URGENTLY – A SUPREME COURT FOR NIGERIA

28 Feb 2023

Nigeria does not have a Supreme Court (SC) and is desperately in need of one. What we have in this country in the form of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is a final court of appeals. The two are not the same. The illusion of the two being the same is what has nearly crippled […]

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EFCC arrest woman with 18 voters card, votes buyer

27 Feb 2023

While the Nigeria 2023 presidential elections was ongoing, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, announced it’s operatives on Saturday morning,February 25 arrested a woman with 18 voter cards in the Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State The EFCC also arrested party agents buying votes through bank transfers to voters in Abuja FCT and a […]

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EFCC arrest 73 years old woman and two others for being in possession of 20 PVCs

27 Feb 2023

EFCC Arrests Three in Benin for Being in Possession of 20 PVC Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three persons for being in possession of several permanent voter cards. One of the suspects, Afekhana Esther, was arrested at Ward 1, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Ikpoba […]

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Lawyers faulted buhari’s open display of ballot papers

27 Feb 2023

Some lawyers on Saturday faulted the open display of ballot papers by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, after casting their votes for their preferred candidates. They stated that though it was wrong for the President and the governor to openly engage in such an act, it […]

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WHEN JUSTICE FAILS TO IMPRESS

27 Feb 2023

On what should the authority of the SC rest – the finality of its decisions or the majesty of its reasoning? The decisions of the SC command obedience by reason of their finality. However, the reverence of the people for the court lies in the majesty of its reasoning and justness of its decisions. The […]

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Two killed in community in Abia state

26 Feb 2023

Two people have reportedly been killed in Ndi Agwu community in Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. It was reported that the casualties occurred during the presidential and National Assembly polls holding in today. Reports have it that one of the victims, identified as Samuel Arunsi Eze was said to have been beheaded […]

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Nigerian Soldiers arrest man for parading fake INEC voting list

26 Feb 2023

The Nigerian soldier, has whisked away a man with name Abdulahi Tanko, who is allegedly of All Progressive congress APC for parading fake INEC voters list at polling unite 008 Mararaba garage 2. Recall that the polling unit has in the past recorded highest voters in Karu local government each general election. Mr. Tanko, who […]

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EFCC arrest PDP DG governorship campaign council for being in possession of N100,000

26 Feb 2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council, Dr. Cletus Tyokyaa for being in possession of a N100,000. Governor Samuel Ortom made the disclosure while speaking to journalists shortly after voting in his Gbajimba home town in Guma LGA. He said Tyokyaa […]

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