State governors on Friday took their case on Executive Order 10 which guarantees financial autonomy for the judiciary and the legislature at the state level directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami. Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr Kayode Fayemi, met separately with the President and the minister to press home the objection of the state chief executives to the order, which was signed by Mr Buhari penultimate Friday. To the governors, the order is not only unnecessary; it is also an over-kill of Section 121(3) of the 1999…

Federal Government anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, and Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation have begun investigation and audit of state governments, agencies and personnel, who spent the Covid-19 funds from the government and private individuals. Office of the Accountant General said the internal audit procedures would apply to all transactions relating to the Covid-19 Funds and reports would be forwarded to its Audit Monitoring Department. AGF, Mr Ahmed Idris, added that any ministry, department or agency that contravened the guideline would be sanctioned and names of such MDA and its principal officers would…

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the appointment of Mrs Dongban-Mensem as Acting President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) with effect from June 3 for a further period of three (3) months. This is pursuant to Section 238(4) and (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic, Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, said. Dongban-Mensem was sworn in as acting court of appeal president by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Tanko Muhammad, on March 6. The swearing-in followed Dongban-Mensem’s appointment by Buhari after Mrs Zainab Bulkachuwa retired as she clocked the statutory mandatory retirement age of 70 years as…

The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, who was dismissed from the police department with three fellow officers the day after the fatal encounter, was arrested on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges for his role in Monday’s death of 46-year-old George Floyd. The charges brought by Hennepin County prosecutors came after a third night of arson, looting and vandalism in Minnesota’s largest…