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The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to appear before it over the disbursement of funds belonging to the National Social…

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, has told Nigerians benefitting from Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) not to collect less than N30,000 as grant. She spoke on Saturday at a press briefing in Gusau,…

The National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) has debunked reports that some Nigerian senators were trying to hijack the budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development. The Senior Special…

A federal high court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties of Bukola Saraki, former senate president, in the Ikoyi area of  Lagos state. Nnaemeka Omewa, a counsel of the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Senate President Bukola Saraki has described recent moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe him as politically motivated and a witch-hunt. Mr Saraki said the anti-graft agency was only investigating matters…

Some Nigerian lawyers have reacted to the conviction of the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The CCT, led by Danladi Umar, convicted Mr Onnoghen for his failure to declare some…

The CCT has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by Justice Onnoghen to challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal. The CCT has also dismissed the application by the former CJN accusing the tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, to…

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Wednesday, rested his case in his ongoing trial on charges of false and non-declaration of assets. The development came as a surprise as the defendant, whose lawyer,…

The suspended Chief Justice Of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, on Monday opened his defence at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) by calling his first witness, Lawal Olanrewaju. The CCT, in a ruling read by its chairman, Danladi Umar, on the…

God bless Nigeria. The short sentence appears a seemingly harmless one, one which many Nigerians say in a deeply religious country. However, on Friday, the statement led to a tug of war between top lawyers involved in one of Nigeria’s…