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For non Nigerians, it’s very difficult to believe that a human being will sell his or her inalienable Right to Vote for mere 10 cups of rice or 10 packets of Indomie or 2,000 Naira. When you take a closer and dispassionate look at what happened during the House of Assembly Election of last Saturday in Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Anaocha and most Local Government Areas of Anambra State, you begin to understand the devastating...

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In its efforts to end insurgency and other criminalities across the six geo-political zones of the country before May 29 when the present regime will exit, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commissioned 700 troops-carrying trucks made in the Ojo area of Lagos State. President Buhari who performed the ceremony virtually, said the decision was to boost the fight against threats in the land. The president said it was evident during last Saturday’s presidential and National...

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To halt the acquisition of driver’s license National Identity Cards and other documents with the use of fake addresses, the National Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) will deploy a technology, called ‘Address Verification System (AVS) for the exercise which would be executed in collaboration with Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Commandant-General of the Corps, stated this on Wednesday at a special parade to commemorate the World Civil Defence Day celebration. “The...

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The federal government has authorised the total closure of all land borders ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections The comptroller general of Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Jere, said this in a statement signed by the command’s public relations officer, Tony Akuneme on Thursday in Abuja Jere said the borders were to be closed for 24 hours from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Sunday, February 26 “Accordingly, all command comptrollers, especially those in...

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If our Mighty Supreme Court did not come out via her official public image maker to publicly defend herself and admonish those that criticised her Naira Redesign Ex-parte Order, a lawyer like my good self who took an oath to defend our noble profession and law institutions, would not have bothered to join issues with her. But this is Law of Evidence 101. By coming out publicly to defend her ill-conceived Ex-parte Order, she has...

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Justice John Okoro of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed the federal government to ensure the availability of currency to Nigerians. Justice Okoro gave the injunction at the hearing of the case brought against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the deadline for old naira notes by the governments of Zamfara, Kogi and Kaduna states. He told the lawyer to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi (SAN), “Tell your client to let people...

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Less than two weeks after the presidential election in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba posted CP Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi to Adamawa State Command as the new Commissioner of Police. The new Commissioner of Police who has assumed duty took over from CP Sikiru Akande until his deployment to Adamawa State is the Commissioner of Police in charge of Anti Human trafficking in Abuja. The new development was contained in a Press Statement signed...

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…As political party chairmen secure order barring a move to shift cash policy An Abuja Federal  High Court has restrained  President Muhammadu Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, and twenty-seven listed commercial banks from suspending, stopping, extending, or interfering with the currency redesign terminal date of February 10th or issue any directive contrary to the February 10 date. In a Motion by five out of the eighteen...

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Considering the hardship posed to citizens in Nigeria regarding the naira redesign, three States in the Northern part of the country, Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara, have instituted a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria  (CBN). According to the report the suit was filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by their lawyer, Abdul Hakeem Mustapha...

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Five Cameroonian kidnappers who infiltrated into Nigeria illegally have been arrested by the operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Adamawa State Command while attempting to kidnap one Emmanuel Ebel a resident of Jambutu, Yola North local government area of Adamawa state. Adamawa State-Nigeria has some local government areas that border the Cameroon Republic which include Madagali and Michika local government areas in the North, and Toungo local government area in Northeastern part. According to...

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