The General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Sarham Jamil revealed that a Major, 2 Staff Sergeants and 11 Soldiers from 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt were, on Saturday, court-martialled.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has declared the recent withdrawal of the operating license of Daar Communication by Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation as illegal, stressing that the Corporation lacks the power to do so.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered status quo on the withdrawal of operating license of the Daar Communications PLC over alleged breach of the broadcasting code.
Following a recommendation from the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has issued a query to embattled Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, over alleged financial misappropriation. In a letter signed on behalf of the government, the secretary to the state government (SSG) demanded a response of His Highness within 48 hours.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday announced that it has suspended the broadcasting license of Daar Communications Plc, over violation of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The Director-General of NBC, Mallam Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu in Abuja, made the announcement.
Respite may have come the way of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Federal Government has finally accepted the notice of retirement of the former chief law officer with a decision to pay him his full entitlement. This is coming against the backdrop of recent overtures being made by the presidency to the retired jurist, urging him to be of assistance to the All Progressives Congress-led government in resolving the election cases the party has in various courts in the land.
