A Makurdi-based lawyer, Matthew Nyiutsa has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja demanding the proscription of Fulani herdsmen as terrorist group. The lawyer joins President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as respondents in the matter. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/499/18,
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from his medical trip to the United Kingdom. Buhari came into the country a day earlier than scheduled. Garba Shehu, his spokesman, had said the president would be back on Saturday. He was expected back on Saturday but the plane which brought him back into the country touched down at
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 21 judicial officers for appointment as chief judges, kadis and judges in some states. This announcement was contained in a statement issued by Soji Oye, spokesman of NJC, on Friday. “The National Judicial Council under the chairmanship of the honourable Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (GCON) at
NIGERIA’S Vice President, Profesoor Yemi Osinbajo has said that the country is on course to effectively tackle poverty and unemployment through its micro-economic planning and Social Investment Programmes. Osinbajo stated this when a delegation of senior officials from the World Bank, led by the World Bank Group Executive Director for Italy, Mr Patrizio Pagano, visited
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have quit the Coalition for Nigeria Movement as the movement has adopted a political party, African Democratic Congress, to realise its dream of a new Nigeria. He gave this hint on Thursday evening when he addressed the press at his presidential library home in Abeokuta. In a speech
Following the fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, screening and surveillance activities have been intensified at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The Federal Executive Council had on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Health to scale up emergency surveillance activities at all ports of entry. With
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of a judge of the Adamawa State High Court, Justice Michael Goji. The council also recommended the appointment of 21 judicial officers for eight states and the FCT. The decision, which was reached by the NJC on Wednesday 9th May, 2018 after its 86th Meeting
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N1.938 trillion in the first quarter of 2018, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said. The NEITI Quarterly Review showed that the amount shared represented an increase of 37.3 percent when compared with N1.411 trillion shared during the same period in 2017 and 71.1 percent of
The Presidency said it cannot guarantee that President Muhammadu Buhari will return from his current four-day medical trip to London on Saturday as scheduled. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, declared this on Tuesday during a telephone interview on Channels Television Breakfast Programme, Sunrise Daily. Asked if it
The Senate yesterday summoned the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai and all other security chiefs over the proliferation of fire arms in the country. Also summoned were the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) Lawal Daura, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,