The officials of the Department of Security Service Friday re-arrested the convener of RevolutionNow Omoyele Sowore barely 24hours after his release. Sowore was released on Thursday night after the court gave Nigeria’s secret police a 24-hour ultimatum to release him. The court also awarded N100,000 against the prosecution for failing to comply with court orders […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Jan. 20, 2020, deliver judgment in the suit seeking Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi’s disqualification over alleged double registration as a voter. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who fixed the date after taking the arguments of all the parties in the matter, said there was the need to give it […]
The Senate yesterday passed the 2020 budget, approving NIO.59 trillion as aggregate expenditure.The approved figure is N263.946 billion higher than the N10.330 trillion presented to the National Assembly for consideration and approval by President Muhammadu Buhari in October. A breakdown of the budget figure as approved by the Senate indicates N560. 4 billion for statutory […]
Lagos State commissioner for justice and attorney-general, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, has ordered the release of 11 children held in prison custody in the state. Onigbanjo in a statement by the ministry’s spokesman Kayode Oyekanmi said the children’s imprisonment was contrary to the provision of Section 207 of the Lagos State Child Rights Law of 2015. […]