Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of Osun has announced the appointment of Justice Olayinka Afolabi, as the acting Chief Judge of the state with immediate effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appointment of Afolabi was in spite of the order of the National Industrial...
Judiciary
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke Federal Constituency, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi has said that the judiciary is doing well in the handling of cases arising from this year’s general elections. Rep. Gagdi, made his position known in a statement in Abuja on...
Women from the 17 Local Government Areas of Plateau have called on the National Judicial Council (NJC), to review recent Court of Appeal judgments that sacked some members of the National Assembly from Plateau. They made the call during a peaceful protest on Wednesday in Jos. Mrs Martina...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended the ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos that affirmed his victory in the last governorship election. The appellate court on Wednesday, dismissed the appeals brought against the re-election of Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat by the Peoples...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday in Abuja re-arraigned Husseni Ismaila (aka Maitangaran), the alleged mastermind of the 2014 multiple bomb attacks in Kano at the Federal High Court. When the matter was called, the prosecuting counsel, Mr E.A. Aduda, told the court that the DSS...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, threatened to strike out the case of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore if the prosecution fails to put it’s house in order. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State challenging the annulment of his election by the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal, in a split 2-1 judgment on Oct....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, warned the parties in the trial of former Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and four of his children, against frivolous adjournment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the warning following a plea for an adjournment by B.A....
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to “stop the boats”. Five justices at the UK’s highest court unanimously rejected the government’s appeal over its policy of removing asylum seekers to the...
Former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Dikki, on Tuesday told an FCT high court that EFCC operatives forced him to make a commitment to refund N1 billion. Dikki is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside his company, Kebna Studio...
The Google LLC, an American multinational technology company, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss the 150 million dollars suit filed by a Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, against it and GoDaddy.com. Google, the 2nd defendant in the suit, told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that Peter’s claims were...
An 11-year-old Nelson George has filed an N100 million suit against Limi Children’s Hospital Limited for alleged misdiagnosis and mistreatment leading to the damage of one of his testicles. Nelson, who instituted the suit through his father, Bankole George, also prayed Justice Akanbi Yusuf of FCT High Court,...
The Edo Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal says it has received 18 petitions from Labour Party and it’s candidates in the just-concluded September 2 Local Government polls. The Tribunal Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uwagboe, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin...
The trial of former Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and four of his children was on Monday, stalled at a Federal High Court, Abuja following a plea for an adjournment by the defence. The matter, which was listed for trial, could not proceed...
A retired High Court Judge, Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye, has called on the bar and bench not to allow the public loose faith in the judiciary. Speaking at the 9th Annual Week of the Badagry branch of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) in Lokoja , Justice Omolaye-Ajileye said: ...
The trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley naicharged with cyber crime, was on Monday, stalled before a Federal Court Lagos, as the court did not sit. The trial judge, Justice Nicholas Owiebo is said to be attending a judges’ conference.. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, dismissed the petition filed by Action Alliance (AA) and Accord Party (AP) against Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State. The three-member panel led by Justice Tani Hassan, said that the findings of the tribunal were...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, urged a Federal High Court, Abuja not to grant the ex-parte motion filed by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party (LP), seeking to replace the party’s governorship candidate in Imo. INEC, in its affidavit to show cause pursuant to the court...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Mr Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, on Friday condemned the attack on an Area Court judge in Gombe, calling for prompt investigation of the case. This is contained in a statement on Friday, issued by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Mr Habeeb...
An Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election. This comes less than 24 hours to conduct Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate Court on dismissed the last of the chains of suits seeking exclusion of the...