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A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 26 (today) for hearing a suit seeking to compel Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to declare his assets. The suit, marked…
The supreme court has dismissed a suit seeking to compel the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its ticket for the 2023 presidential election to the southeast. The Court on Friday, in a unanimous judgement,…
An Enugu-based lawyer, Ogochukwu Onyema, has asked the federal high court in Abuja to declare the seat of Ike Ekweremadu, senator representing Enugu west, vacant. Onyema had contested for the position in 2019 but lost…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), to call off its nationwide strike. The court had on Wednesday, ordered ASUU to call off…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off its ongoing strike. The order followed the granting of an injunction sought by the counsel to the…
A Federal High Court in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has nullified the Taraba governorship primary election that produced Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023…
The Federal High Court in Abuja said ex-Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and his co-defendants, have a case to answer in the N712 million naira money-laundering charges filed against them by the Economic and…
The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Justice Peter Hamman fixed the date on Monday…
The National Industrial Court has adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government challenging the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to Monday, September 19. Recall that the court had…
A notorious cultist, in Osun State Hammed Rasheed, popularly known as Oko-Ilu has been charged to court In Oshobgo. Oko-Ilu was brought to court by the Police before the Chief Magistrate Olufemi Ayilara of the Osogbo…
Popular Nigerian Big Boy, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal High Court in Lagos over “unlawful re-arrest and detention.” Recall that the Nigerian…
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Monday, docked a 33-year-old man, Chimezie Mba, who allegedly accumulated N1.3 million while lodging in a hotel and refused to pay. Mba, whose address was not given, is standing…
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).…
Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally been released after facing a presidential panel in Aso Rock. Earlier today, the Inspector General of Police,…
Ex-member of a popular music group (Plantashun Boi), Ahmedu Augustine, popularly known as Blackface, has finally sued Innocent Idibia (2Baba) to court for allegedly stealing his song. The singer revealed that he waited…
The Thursday, October 24, proceedings in the trial of musician Naira Marley for alleged credit card fraud have been abruptly cut short as a quarrel ensued among lawyers over space to sit in the small courtroom. The…
The Thursday, October 24, proceedings in the trial of musician Naira Marley for alleged credit card fraud have been abruptly cut short as a quarrel ensued among lawyers over space to sit in the small courtroom. The…
A 29-year-old whistleblower named James has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for giving false information and misleading the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission. Justice Angela Otaluka of an Abuja High Court on…
54-year-old Antonio Saca ,El Salvador’s former president has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after been found guilty of bribery. According to UK Reuters, Antonio,, who is already serving a 10-year prison…
The Federal High Court has ordered the CBN to immediately pay the sum of N8billion to TIV communities in Benue State invaded by soldiers in 2001. The Federal High Court on Monday, August 20 ordered the Central Bank of…
