* It’s nothing new, says Senate A senior lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that Senator Shehu Sani’s revelation that every senator gets paid a total of N13.8 million monthly proves Nigerian legislators are the highest paid in the world. Falana said Sani’s disclosure validates a statement made to the effect by Itse Sagay, […]
A senior lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) said on Friday that former Secretary to the Federal Government Chief Ayim Pius Ayim is being held by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), under duress and undue influence. He said in a statement that contrary to newspapers publication that Ayim has been released. “The truth is […]
A senior lawyer, Chief Sebastine Hon (SAN), has said that it is illegal for the operatives of the DSS and the NIA to stop the EFCC from arresting their former officials. In a statement he issued on Wednesday, Hon said that the officials of the DSS and the NIA had no right, moral or legal, […]
Hearing, in an application of a no case submission filed by a Senior lawyer, Rickey Tarfa SAN, has been fixed by a Lagos High Court, Igbosere. Justice Adedayo Akintoye, on Thursday fixed December 12, 2017 for hearing of the application after listening to both parties in the suit. Tarfa, is standing trial over alleged gratification, […]
Andrew Orolua, Abuja. Human rights activist and senior lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to quickly prefer a criminal charge against Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina before a competent court following his N100bn corruption indictment. Maina was declared wanted by the EFCC in 2015, following his indictment in a […]
A senior lawyer, Chief Sebastine Hon, SAN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to resist the membership bids of Morocco and Tunisia to be joined in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. In a statement signed and made available to The Daily Times, Hon questioned the motives behind the […]