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The Foreign Minister of Denmark and Head of the Danish delegation to the Bring Back Our Girls sit-out in Abuja has pledged the support of the government of Denmark to ensure the Chibok girls are rescued alive. Addressing members of the Bring Back Our Girls campaigners in Abuja, the Foreign Minister of Denmark, Mister Kristian Jensen, said the search for the Chibok girls has assumed a global dimension requiring international collaboration. Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, said the campaigners are not giving up hope of rescuing the Chibok girls. She however laments the inability of the Federal Government to conclude the search for the girls after 665 days.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) is expected to release the name of two new justices of the Supreme Court tomorrow. Following the retirement of Justice Afolabi Fabiyi and Justice Muntaka Coomassie, four justices of the appeal court have been interview to replace them. The NJC hold its first quarterly plenary for this year on Wednesday and Thursday. It was learnt on Monday that a major item on the NJC’s plenary would be consideration of the outcome of the interview conducted to fill two vacancies at the apex court bench. According to reliable sources in the judiciary, four candidates, who are currently Justices of the Court of Appeal in various divisions, have already been interviewed for the available two slots. It was learnt that Justices Ejembi Eko and Monica Dongban-Mensen were interviewed to choose a replacement for Justice John Fabiyi, who retired in November 2015. Two other Justices of the Court of Appeal, Amina Augie and Garba Lawal, were also said to have been in...

The embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, yesterday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) committed perjury by alleging that he paid N225,000 to Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court, Lagos. The commission had in its sworn affidavit provided phone numbers of Mr. Rickey Tarfa, the judge, and bank documents detailing money transfer from the senior advocate to Justice Yunusa. One Moses Awolusi from the anti-graft agency had stated in paragraph 54 of the agency’s counter affidavit that investigations carried out by the respondents into the applicant’s firm’s (Rickey Tarfa and Co) Access Bank account with account No. 0000964760 showed that the applicant on January 7, 2014 bribed his Lordship, Justice M.N. Yunusa with the sum of N225,000.‎ This latest revelation is contained in an affidavit of urgency deposed to by head of chambers, Rickey Tarfa (SAN) and Co., Mr. Segun Odubela. According to the affidavit, a former staff of the chambers,...