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Acting Vice-Chancellor Accused of Violating Standing Orders; Case Adjourned to January 2025 A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has ordered the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), to halt its planned convocation…
The Nigerian judiciary is in mourning today as the news of the untimely demise of Federal High Court Judge, Honorable Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, spreads across the nation. Justice Mallong, a respected figure in the…
A federal high court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, and Peter Obi, from participating in the 2023 presidential election. In the suit…
A federal high court in Abuja has granted the Department of State Services (DSS) the permission to detain Tukur Mamu, the Kaduna train attack negotiator, for 60 more days. The presiding judge, Nkeonye Maha, issued the…
A Federal High Court Sitting In Lagos State granted the Speaker Of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, N300m bail with two sureties in like sum. The bail was granted by Justice Daniel Osiagor on Tuesday,…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licenses of 53 broadcast stations in the country and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Governor Gboyega Oyetola from the Osun State Governorship election slated for Saturday.…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the release of the official details of David Nwamini to a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order in a…
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to pay a fine of an aggregate sum of N200,000 to the four members of Indigenous People of Biafra, who…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the immediate release of the international passport of a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, which was seized by the Nigeria Immigration Service,…
A prince in the royal lineage of Owo town, Ondo State, Toluwalade John Olateru-Olagbegi, has been charged to court by Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Uche Agomoh of…
Justice Daniel Osaigor of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to pay N200,000 for not making himself available for re-arraignment for alleged money…
Faisal Maina, son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and…
There is mounting pressure on the United States government to designate secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a terrorist organisation. An article in Washington Times is calling on US authorities…
Following a recent order by the federal high court in Port Harcourt issuing an order restraining the FIRS from collecting VAT and personal income tax (PIT) in Rivers state, the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has ordered…
The Kogi State government has said it will not involve itself in the pursuit to retain the Value Added Tax as embarked on by the governments of Lagos and Rivers. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, had signed a…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the bail application brought before it by the 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ordered all the detained…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has dragged Nigeria and Kenya before an international tribunal over his rearrest and rendition. Kanu is demanding to be restored to his initial state before…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised the alarm over the state of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. IPOB’s mouthpiece, Emma Powerful, alleged that Kanu may have…
Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has reacted to the Federal High Court ruling in her favour over the NYSC certificate forgery case that ousted her from the Presidential cabinet. In her statement,…
