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A High Court in Minna, the Niger State, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya. He was arrested for contempt. The court also ordered the arrest of Olugbenga Olabanji,…
A federal high court in Abuja sentenced the inspector-general of police, Usman Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. The presiding judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon, issued the ruling on Tuesday, following…
A court in Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, for high treason, who was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf. He was sentenced by the…
The Abuja court of appeal has affirmed Bashir Machina as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe north senatorial district. There has been a controversy over the senatorial ticket of the APC in…
A court of appeal in Oyo has set aside a judgment which ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct fresh primaries to elect its governorship candidate in Ogun state. O.O Oguntoyinbo, judge of the Ogun federal…
A federal high court sitting in Osogbo nullified the local government election conducted in Osun State. The election was conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). On October 15 OSIEC…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, dismissed a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah, seeking an order invalidating her nomination as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s senatorial candidate in Anambra. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in…
A federal high court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise. Justice Inyang Ekwo delivered the judgement on Tuesday. Ekwo said…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, dismissed a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and the Controller General Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, over his alleged ill…
The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, nullified the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election that produced Mr.Obong Akan Udofia. Delivering the judgment on Monday, November 14, 2022, the…
The Federal Government alleged that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, refused to present himself before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his planned re-arraignment. Kanu, who…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN. Shasore was arrested alongside his company, Middlesex…
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Friday. Justice Inyang Ekwo, the trial Judge, gave the order…
A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, remanded the Labour Party, LP, Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate Linus Okorie, in the correctional center. TalkGlitz had reported Okorie was said to have been kidnapped…
A federal high court in Yola nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa state. Based on suit FHC/YL/CS/12/2022 filed by Mallam…
A federal high court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa state, has acquitted Saminu Turaki, former governor of the state, of the N36 billion fraud charges. The corruption charge was preferred against him by the Economic and…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has cleared the former Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, of money laundering. It was reported that the Nigerian Financial…
A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the Labour Party (LP) and its supporters not to converge on the Lekki tollgate for its “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever” rally scheduled for October 1. The court also ordered the…
A federal high court in Damaturu, Yobe State, has declared Bashir Machina as the All Progressives Congress, APC senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the 2023 National Assembly election. The court ordered the…
The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, dismissed a suit filed by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, to compel the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government…
