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The Federal High Court hearing the petition brought by Governor Silva on the ultra-vires conduct of Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primaries in Bayelsa State has adjourned indefinitely. (more…)

Ace comedian and Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, was earlier on Thursday awarded the sum of 25 million naira by a Lagos High Court for wrongful detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria. The anti-drug agency had detained the Nollywood actor on October 12 and he remained in the agency’s custody for the next 3 weeks without convincing proof of the allegation that he had ingested narcotic drugs in an attempt to smuggle same out of the country. Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Lagos High Court gave the ruling today in response to a fundamental rights suit filed by Mr. Omidina's lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu. Mr. Omidina had been on his way to France for a friend's child dedication. Justice Idowu had previously ordered the actor rel...

The head of Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Nigeria, Mrs Farida Waziri has been sacked. Waziri’s removal was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson to the President of the federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Reuben Abati. (more…)

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the man who led the attempted secession of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died earlier today at the age of 78. The former military leader and later politician had been (more…)