Rule of Law

The Tinubu-Shettima Connect has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, over alleged illegal campaign funding.  The group said it...

Amnesty International says the arrest and imprisonment of Inibehe Effiong, a lawyer, is a travesty of justice. Effiong was sent to prison by Ekaette Obot, chief judge of Akwa Ibom...

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says no law bars him from serving as the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign. Keyamo was reacting...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reversed his decision, authorising the acquisition of Exxon Mobil shares by Seplat Energy Offshore Limited. According to Daily Trust, Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare arbitrary and illegal...

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, says eight persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of Okechukwu Okoye, lawmaker representing Aguata constituency II in the state house of assembly....

The ministry of mines and steel development has advised registered miners to continue with their mining operations, while adhering to safe mining protocols. Etore Thomas, director, press and public relations...

The police command in Adamawa says it has arrested one Abubakar Muhammad, identified as an inmate who escaped from the Kuje correctional facility. On July 5, gunmen attacked the Kuje...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Ahmed Idris, the suspended accountant-general of the federation, will be arraigned on Friday. In May, TheCable had reported how Idris was arrested...