Abba Yusuf, Kano state governor, says that his government is prosecuting cases of misappropriation to the tune N5, 436,000,000 against the immediate past Ganduje administration. The governor disclosed this while receiving a delegation from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). In a statement issued by Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu, Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, on Thursday, Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo received the delegation on behalf of the governor. Governor Yusuf acknowledged...

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has said no date was fixed for the swearing-in of the newly appointed eleven Justices of the Supreme Court. Barrister Soji Oye, NJC’s Director of Information in a statement said neither the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who is the NJC Chairman, nor the Council itself authored or endorsed the purported date which did not emanate from it. The statement followed purported news by an Abuja-based media...

The recent court pronouncements, especially on election-related cases have placed the judiciary on trial. Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court made the assertion in Abuja during a special session of the court to mark its new legal year and to commemorate its Golden Jubilee Anniversary. “Within the last legal year, a total of 15, 025 cases were filed, while the total number of cases disposed of was 12, 870. When...