The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, Wednesday, swore in Justice Salisu Garba as Acting Chief Judge (CJ) of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Justice Garba will be in acting capacity pending his confirmation as substantive CJ by the Senate. Meanwhile, the CJN has urged the new Acting CJ

Nigeria’s bilateral and multilateral debts stood at $31.98 billion as of September 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Debt Management Office  (DMO). The outstanding debts are not only owed to bilateral and multilateral institutions but also include commercial loans  from Eurobonds and Diaspora Bond. Bilateral debts are those arising from country-to-country loans

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two teachers, Samson Banjoko and Olajide Babatunde, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a five-year-old Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, gave the order, following a motion moved by the Prosecutor, ASP Victor Eruada, that the matter be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for

The University of Ibadan (UI), has again confirmed that it issued Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State a degree certificate. Abayomi Samuel Ajayi, the Deputy Chief Registrar (Legal), who appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, testified in the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a chieftain, Williams Edobor,

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Ishaq Usman Bello, on Tuesday bowed out of service on the attainment of 65 years of age. This is even as he declared in his speech at a valedictory court session held in his honour that the greatest strength of the judiciary remained the trust,

The Nigerian government on Tuesday, signed an agreement with China to establish an intergovernmental committee to organize the agreements between the two countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama in a meeting on Tuesday with the Chinese Envoy, Wang Yi talked about matters relating to relations between Nigeria and China. They discussed issues such

The hearing of the bail application filed on behalf of Omoyele Sowore has suffered a temporary setback. The bail application suffered a setback on Tuesday after the prosecutor, Adama Musa, opposed the hearing of the application on the ground that Sowore was served with the application by 10.43 a.m. today in court contrary to the

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has denied increasing the country’s electricity tariffs. In a statement made available via it’s official Twitter page, the Commission said: PUBLIC NOTICE ON PURPORTED 50% INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFFS The attention of the Commission has been drawn to publications in the print and electronic media misinforming electricity consumers that

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has called for thorough investigation into the killing of a 27-year-old Nigerian, Mr George Nkencho, in Dublin, Ireland, by the police, while expressing dissatisfaction with the incident.In a statement by the committee Chairman, Rep. Yusuf Buba (APC-Adamawa), on Monday in Abuja, the committee condemned the killing. “I