The Supreme Court has revealed that, it will phase out manual forms of serving court processes in all cases before it and commence serving processes by electronic means on all matters from July 16, 2018.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, stated this on Friday in Abuja at the formal presentation of the ‘newly retrofitted court and legal mail’ at the Supreme Court.

He asked all judges and lawyers to subscribe to and acquire the legal mail, pledging to have the system replicated in all courts in the nearest future.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed two charges of corruption against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar.

The anti-graft agency filed the charges against the CCT Chairman on Friday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

A copy of the charge sheet seen by Channels Television showed that the EFCC is accusing Umar of asking for and receiving bribes in the discharge of his official duties.

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and Vice-Presidential candidate in the 1993 general election, Babagana Kingibe, has completely dissociated himself from poster campaigning for his candidacy in the 2019 presidential election.

Campaign posters of Kingibe, running mate to MKO Abiola in the annulled June 12, 1993 elections, had recently flooded major cities including Abuja and Lagos.

However, in a statement published on Friday, the former SGF said the pasting of the posters alongside what he claimed were “phantom allegations” against his person in some petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), were an attempt to malign and defame him.

The Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Mr. Rufai Abubakar, has ordered an investigation into the leakage of sensitive information to the social media.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria had no regret fighting the scourge of apartheid in South Africa until a fully democratic system was established in the country.

The President said this on Friday when he received the outgoing South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Lulu Louis Mnguni, at the State House in Abuja.

The said Nigeria made lots of sacrifices during the years of apartheid to ensure that full rights were restored to all citizens, irrespective of the colour of their skin.

After a week-long series of events in honour of the late elder statesman, Alex Ekwueme, his remains have finally been laid to rest amid tributes.

Top government officials, close friends and family, gathered at his hometown in Oko Anambra state, where he was buried on Friday.

Some of those present to witness the final moments were former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Mrs Patience, former Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Anambra state Governor, Willie Obiano; Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state, among others.