The political future of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections has been thrown into fresh uncertainty after a Federal High Court in Abuja nullified the leadership structure led by former Senate President, Senator David Mark, and invalidated the presidential primary election that produced former...
Judiciary
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the bid by African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to turn its lead counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, into his witness, is the politician’s ploy to delay his trial for allegedly cyberbullying...
By PAUL ADAJI, Judiciary Correspondent – A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the publication in national newspapers of a bench warrant issued against Walter Ubaka Okeke, a former Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Anambra State. Justice Chinwendu Nwogu granted the prosecution’s application on...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has removed Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Imo West Senatorial election and declared former governor Rochas Okorocha the winner of the party’s primary. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Obiora Egwuatu held that the evidence...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has asked a Lagos court to send nine people linked to Western Metal Products Co. (WEMPCO) to prison. The bank alleges that they forced a court-appointed receiver out of the steel group’s Ogun State factory and the application is the latest step in...
A member of the legal team of online publisher and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Treasure Adefisoye, on Monday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that she’s not aware of the provision of Section 83;3 of the Evidence Act. The lawyer made the admission while...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over “the alleged diversion, irregular expenditure and failure to account for over ₦78.8 billion in public funds involving the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and the...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned four alleged contract fraudsters before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri. The defendants are; Ruth Emmanuel, Ibrahim Dogo Hyelni, Esther Loretta Gabari and Gbenga Makinde Obanewo. They were arraigned on...
A Federal High Court has upheld the powers of the Enugu State Structures for Signage and Advertisement Agency (ENSSAA) to impose a N150 million permit fee on political parties seeking to erect campaign billboards and posters ahead of the 2027 general elections. The clarification followed the release of a...
Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has dismissed a suit filed by the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in 2017, Uwemedimo Nwoko, challenging the statutory powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to investigate the financial activities...
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Monday that international terrorist organization Al-Ql-Qeada supported members of the proscribed terrorist group – Jama’’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (Ansaru) to stage the May 15 attacks on schools in Oriire Local Government, Oyo State. The attack, the court also heard, was...
A customer has sued First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Ltd for N5 billion over the alleged unauthorised disclosure of a company’s bank statement to a third party, accusing the bank of breaching its duty of confidentiality and exposing sensitive financial and personal information. In a Writ of Summons filed...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), FCT Sector Command, has secured the conviction of one Moses Omokaiye Peter for a combination of serious traffic offences, including Use of Phone While Driving, Dangerous Driving, Assaulting a Marshal on Duty and Absconding with an Officer. Following his arrest, the offender was...
A fresh legal battle over four oil fields in the Niger Delta has escalated at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, with Hi-Rev Oil Limited and Hi-Rev Exploration & Production Limited asking the appellate court to halt and reverse allocations allegedly carried out by the Federal Government while their appeal...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Osun State Government has instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the freezing of its Federal Statutory Allocation Account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while seeking N2 billion in exemplary and aggravated damages. In the suit...
By MICHAEL C. AGBO – The Board of Trustees of the Centre for Community Law has instituted a public interest human rights suit against the Federal Government, asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to determine key constitutional and human rights issues relating to women and girls who become...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to a man arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), for allegedly planning multiple attacks on several schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik denied John Jude Agbo bail after the prosecution presented a fourth witness...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, presided over by Justice Godwin Iheabunike, has dismissed an application filed by the former President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria ((AFAN), Arch Kabiru Ibrahim to restrain the Inspector General of Police (IGP) from proceeding with criminal impersonation and...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has given one suspected commander of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, being prosecuted for alleged terrorism by the Department of the State Service (DSS), Abubakar Abba, up till July 20 to decide on whether or not to plead guilty to the terrorism -related charges...
The trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was on Thursday adjourned until October after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja suspended proceedings to honour his lead counsel, former Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN), who turned 80 on Wednesday. Justice Sylvanus...