The ongoing crackdown on senior judges across the country will not end without the arrest of a judge attached to the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court, PREMIUM TIMES learnt late Sunday. Read More…
Two of the nation’s power plants were shut down on Sunday, bringing the total number of idle plants to nine. Read More…
More militants and cult groups in Rivers State have reiterated their resolve not to be railroaded into accepting the amnesty offered by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike. Read More…
The Presidency said yesterday that the on-going “surgical operation” against some judges is specifically targeted at corruption and not at the judiciary as an institution. Read More…
Fresh allegations were made yesterday against some judges. Read More…
“Things have to start getting better and for things to get better, our voices must be heard. Read More…
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said the Department of State Services resorted to “deliberate misinformation and concocted stories” to justify its “unconstitutional” assault on the nation’s judiciary. Read More…
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Mr. Francis Odesanya, is under fire for his role in the aborted arrest of a judge of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, in the early hours of Saturday, The PUNCHlearnt on Sunday. Read More…
Nigeria’s secret police seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and assets in a series of anti-corruption raids targeting senior judges, drawing sharp condemnation Sunday from the bar association and rights groups. Read More…
Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house representatives, has expressed surprise at the raid on the homes of some judges across the country by the Department of State Services (DSS). Read More…
A rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has written President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Nigerian judges arrested in the midnight of Saturday by operatives of the Department of State Services. Read More…
Following Saturday’s midnight invasion and the eventual arrest of some judges, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Saturday declared a state of emergency in the judiciary, even as it asked President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate release of the affected judges or there would be consequences. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari is not ruling out the military option in stamping out oil pipeline bombings and vandalism in the Niger Delta region. Read More…
Our attention has been drawn to the above story which appeared on Page 3, in Saturday- October 8, 2016 of Vanguard newspaper and written by Soni Daniel where he stated thus Read More…
SaharaReporters has learnt from sources at the Department of State Security (DSS) that the overnight raid on the residences of some nine court judges, culminating in the arrest of several of them, Read More…
Barring any last-minute change in plan, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday hand over some aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet to the Nigerian Air Force, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Read More…
Following the simmering crisis in the All Progressives Congress, the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has started reaching out to his former political foes in the South-West in order to consolidate his influence in the region. Read More…
The State Security Service, SSS, has said that it raided the homes of some judges in various states early Saturday for alleged corruption. Read More…
The Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike had at the early hours of this morning interfered with DSS personnel trying to carry out their lawful duty of arrest. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa on Friday. Read More…
The National Chairman of the governing All progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has formally replied a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, who accused him of fraud and dictatorship in his handling of the party’s affairs. Read More…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the attack on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying the “humiliation of Tinubu is as good as (the) humiliation of the Yoruba race.” Read More…
Presidency has debunked the claims by some protesters in Bayelsa state that the allowances due to the former President Goodluck Jonathan have been stopped and his accounts frozen. Read More…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today dismissed two applications filed before the court seeking to change the guilty pleas of four companies linked to former First Lady Patience Jonathan’s controversial $15.5 million account fraud. Read More…