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Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has accused members of the judiciary and legal profession of being the most corrupt Nigerians, asserting that many judgments in the country now depend more on the “fatness of envelopes” than on evidence. Speaking on Friday at the Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture organized by the National Association of Seadogs …

A recent allegation by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, that many court judgments are influenced by the fatness of envelopes rather than the evidence, has continued to generate varied reactions within judicial circles. The NBA President stirred the hornet’s nest last Friday when he labeled judges and lawyers the worst bribe-takers, even as …

A United States judge, Beryl A. Howell, has criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for what she described as deliberate delay tactics aimed at obstructing the release of records related to President Bola Tinubu. The records are being sought under a 2022 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by transparency advocate Aaron …

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has launched a scathing attack on Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of being the real obstacle behind the ongoing controversy surrounding the proposed amendment to the Electoral Act. While speaking in an interview on Trust Tv, El-Rufai dismissed claims that the Senate as an institution is responsible for the contentious move, insisting that …

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has issued a strong warning against any attempt to weaken the electronic transmission of election results before the 2027 general elections. The coalition said using electronic transmission helps fix problems by making sure the results sent from polling stations can’t be changed by politicians, corrupt officials, or other people with a lot to gain. …

Amid the nationwide protests against the proposed Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Electoral Reform Bill held on Monday, Nigerians on social media have turned their attention to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, questioning his silence as demonstrations intensify at the National Assembly in Abuja. While former presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi joined protesters at the National Assembly on …

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election and one of the presidential hopefuls in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, on Monday declared that Nigerians would no longer entertain glitches in the next general election. Obi spoke on Monday when he led his supporters and other civil society organisations to the National Assembly to demand passage of real-time transmission of …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has held that the Senate acted within its powers when it suspended the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for misconduct. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices of the appellate court said it was satisfied that neither the Appellant’s parliamentary privilege nor her constitutional rights were breached as …

Ghanaian President John Mahama has ordered the immediate recall of Mohammed Ahmed, known as Baba Jamal, from his position as the country’s high commissioner to Nigeria over allegations of vote buying in Saturday’s parliamentary primaries. Mahama’s decision was in response to claims that delegates were induced during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries. Jamal was a candidate in the polls, …

Fresh tension has gripped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following plans by the Nyesom Wike-backed caretaker committee to reopen the party’s national secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on Monday through police intervention. The development has raised fears of possible confrontation between rival factions within the party, amid ongoing legal battles over its leadership structure. Speaking after a closed-door meeting at …