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A group of legislative lawyers under the aegis of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners has filed a suit before the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, seeking to compel Nigerian senators to refund a significant portion of their salaries and allowances earned since 2023, citing poor legislative performance. The lawyers are also demanding a full refund from 40 senators who are alleged to have concurrently held memberships in the Nigerian Senate and the ECOWAS and Pan-African Parliaments, arguing that the dual roles violate Nigerian laws. A pre-action notice dated May 26, 2025, signed by ALDRAP’s administrative secretary,…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Emmanuel Ogunyemi, a civil servant in Lagos state, for unlawfully receiving salaries from two government agencies. Investigations by the ICPC revealed that Ogunyemi was simultaneously on the payroll of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), resulting in an illegal gain of N3.49 million. According to the commission, Ogunyemi violated section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000. Following its findings, the ICPC filed an eight-count charge against Ogunyemi before the…

The Kano Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, secured the conviction and sentence of social media influencer, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, before Justice Simone Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano. Recall that Kunya was first arrested in January 2025 but was granted administrative bail pending arraignment. She failed to appear in court when required. However, after weeks of intensive investigation and surveillance, EFCC operatives successfully re-arrested the TikTok Influencer on Sunday March 16, 2025. She was subsequently arraigned on 20 May 2025 where she pleaded guilty to the one count amended charge. “You…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Per Hon Justice A. M. Abdullahi of Court 41, yesterday in Abuja, slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with a fine of N2 million in favour of Claimant, Abubakar Ismaila Isa, represented by Mr. Emmanuel Hassan and Ubong Udoekpo. This is in addition to other reliefs granted by the Honourable Court in favour of the Claimant. Giving judgement in the case with Suit No: FCT/HC/GAR/CV/290/2024, Between: Abubakar Ismaila Isa vs. EFCC & 2 Ors. Hon Justice A. M. Abdullahi held that the Defendants (EFCC) contravened Section 35(3) of the Constitution…

New Area Court Civil Procedure Rules to guide procedures in the Area Court system of the judiciary of Kogi State have been signed to replace the old one by the Chief Judge of the state, Hon. Justice Josiah Majebi. Justice Majebi signed the rules on Friday in his Chambers at the state’s judiciary headquarters in Lokoja, the state capital, after receiving the report of the review of the old one. The CJ who was visibly elated for a job well done, harped on the need for the judiciary to always work with the dictates of time, saying the reviewed rules…

The Chief Registrar, Supreme Court of Nigeria, Barrister Kabir Akanbi, has urged judiciary correspondents in the country to always be balanced, fair and objective in reporting activities of judiciary at all levels. He charged them to protect the sector’s image and credibility through well informed, researched, unbiased and factual reportage of its activities. Akanbi who gave the charge at the weekend in Abuja, while playing host to the Executive members of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, (NAJUC), Abuja chapter, who paid him a courtesy visit, expressed dismay that reports in public space about the judiciary have been disappointing and…

The supreme court has dismissed a suit filed by the 36 state governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging the federal government’s management of recovered looted funds. In the lead judgment prepared by Chidiebere Uwa and read by Mohammed Idris, the seven-member panel of the apex court unanimously held that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. The court held that the dispute, marked SC/CV/395/2021, falls within the jurisdiction of the federal high court, not the supreme court. BACKGROUNDIn the suit filed in 2021, the states alleged that between 2015 and 2021, the federal government recovered looted funds…

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Zaliha Shuaibu, for allegedly killing her co-wife’s three-month-old baby by feeding him acid in Malari village, located in the Soba Local Government Area of the state. The disturbing incident occurred on May 13, 2025, inside the family compound shared by the suspect, her husband, and the baby’s mother, Maryam Ibrahim. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement made available to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, confirmed the incident and said the suspect was arrested following a swift investigation by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the…

Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has been charged over her allegation that Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello conspired to assassinate her. The Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF), Federal Ministry of Justice, filed the charges against her on 16 May at the FCT High Court in Abuja. The case marked: CR/297/25, has the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the complainant and Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan as the sole defendant. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was suspended from the Senate in March for six months, faces criminal defamation charges over the claim she made in a televised…

A United States District Court has sentenced a 37-year-old Nigerian, Henry Ezeonyido, to 27 months imprisonment for his role in a $1m insurance fraud. PUNCH Metro learnt in a statement by the US Department of Justice on Thursday that Ezeonyido perpetrated the fraud between October 2019 and February 2022. The statement noted that during the period mentioned above, Ezeonyido submitted fraudulent health insurance claims to five insurance companies, claiming that he was involved in a series of accidents while travelling abroad. The convict was also said to have filed similar fraudulent claims for seven other people, leading to a total…