By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Theatre Command Special Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has dismissed a soldier from service for defiling a 14 years old Internally Displaced Person (IDP) female. Major General Yakubu Auta, President of the Court, gave the name of the accused officer as Flight Lieutenant Martins Owerrem. The charges
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday explained why it postponed the general elections. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, addressed reporters at the press centre of the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s Capital. The Presidential and National Assembly elections were earlier scheduled to hold on February 16, while that of
By Obeten Godfrey The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has expelled Professor Jerry Gana and its Acting National Chairman Supo Shonibare with immediate effect. The party, which endorsed President Mohammadu Buhari for a second term last week, also suspended its Presidential candidate Donald Duke, accusing him of being critical of the party and disrespecting it. SDP’s
By Archibong Jeremiah Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the directive of the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for lawyers to boycott courts for two days in protest against the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) is a mockery of the legal profession. NBA had on Monday announced this decision
By Jonathan Ugbal and Margaret John Members of the Calabar, Ikom and Ogoja branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday stormed the Governor’s office in Calabar, the State capital protesting the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari. The legal practitioners demanded the resignation of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The ongoing trial of Justice Walter Onnoghen at the CCT has been adjourned indefinitely. The tribunal according to TVC News said its decision to suspend the trial was based on the order of the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Only the CCT Chairman and the third member of the panel, Julie Amabo, attended
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has extended the restraining order against the continuation of the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to January 28. The court presided over by Justice Edward Maha gave the order on Thursday after a counsel representing the respondents informed the court that
By Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that a High Court of Justice siting in Obudu condemned to death, four people alleged to have been involved in the foiled kidnapping of a 6-year old in that local government area in March 2017. The quartet, CrossRiverWatch had reported, were arrested on the morning