by Oni Kayode Philips | Feb 22, 2024 | Judiciary, NEWS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Miss Hafsat Abubakar Bakare as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Senate. Prior to her appointment, Bakare had served as...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Dec 20, 2023 | Judiciary, Politics
The Supreme Court has announced that it would on Thursday deliberate on the appeal filed by Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); following the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to overturn his election victory....
by JAMES, Junior Idakwoji | Oct 8, 2023 | Judiciary, NEWS, Politics
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and nine other former governors who serve in the 10th Senate. In a statement released today by SERAP’s Deputy Director,...
by BRIGHT, Emeni. | Oct 4, 2023 | Judiciary, NEWS, Politics
The Senate has confirmed three ministerial nominees, Jamila Ibrahim (Kwara State); Balarabe Lawal (Kaduna State); and Ayodele Olawande (Ondo State), in addition to the 45 approved by the Red Chamber in August. This comes a day after President Bola Tinubu wrote to the...
by Kayode Philips | Feb 1, 2023 | Judiciary, NEWS
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for incoming governments to build on the foundations laid by their predecessors as no single government was capable of solving all the problems in the country. The President who was represented by the Secretary to the...
by Kayode Philips | May 23, 2020 | Judiciary, NEWS
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary across the 36 states of the country. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, disclosed this...
