FeaturedNews Tinubu scuttles bill to raise retirement age of N’Assembly staff members BarandbenchSeptember 25, 2024September 25, 20240 President Bola Tinubu has thrown out a bill seeking to raise the retirement age of civil servants working in the… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Reinstatement: Again, Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu floors Obaseki, others BarandbenchSeptember 24, 2024September 24, 20240 ●As Abuja court fines Obaseki, speaker, others N200,000 each A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has thrown out an… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Justice Binta Nyako withdraws from Nnamdi Kanu’s trial BarandbenchSeptember 24, 2024September 24, 20240 Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, recused herself from the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi battles landlord in court over tribunal’s verdict directing him to vacate Abuja property BarandbenchSeptember 24, 2024September 24, 20240 One-time member of Senate between 1999 and 2007 and lawyer, Senator Tokunboh Afikuyomi, has filed a suit before a Federal… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Admission Scare: Minimum age, maximum rage, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchSeptember 23, 2024September 23, 20240 INTRODUCTION THE CONTEXT AND CONTRADICTIONS OF NIGERIA’S MINIMUM AGE POLICY FOR UNIVERSITY ADMISSION Let me today discuss an issue that… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Court dismisses lawsuit seeking to sack APC Chairman, Ganduje BarandbenchSeptember 23, 2024September 23, 20240 Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje… Read More
FeaturedPolitics BREAKING: INEC declares APC’s Okpebholo winner of Edo guber poll BarandbenchSeptember 22, 2024September 22, 20240 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday Okpebholo, winner of… Read More
FeaturedPolitics 2024 Edo Guber: APC in significant lead, wins 10 of 16 LGs so far BarandbenchSeptember 22, 2024September 22, 20240 The All Progressives Congress appears to be taking a commanding lead in the last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State…. Read More
CommentaryFeatured Unmasking Tinubu’s government of NADECO veterans, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchSeptember 22, 2024September 22, 20240 When Major-General Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the elected civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari on the last day of 1983, he… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Rivers Assembly Crisis: Abuja court throws out suit seeking to replace 27 pro-Wike lawmakers BarandbenchSeptember 21, 2024September 21, 20240 The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to replace 27 members of the Rivers State… Read More