Expressing disappointment over the handover ceremony, he said he was unable to identify any law that justified the government’s action.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the decision of the Sierra Leone government to discontinue the criminal proceedings against its former President, Dr Ernest Koroma.

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, instituting a N15 billion defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, over allegations that he demanded a 48 per cent kickback from a N27.3 billion take-off grant approved for a federal agency.

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto The newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Sokoto Branch, Barrister Bashir Muazu Jodi, has pledged to strengthen the independence of the Bar, promote the rule of law, improve members’ welfare and support faster justice delivery during his tenure. Speaking with journalists in Sokoto shortly after his emergence as […]

By Anayo Okoli ENUGU — A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has criticised Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, over his commendation of President Bola Tinubu’s approval of major road projects in the Southeast. Ude, who is the leader of the ADC Like-Minds support group and Secretary […]