The Labour Party in Ondo State and its candidate in the Ilaje/ Ese Odo Federal Constituency, Mr Tunji Balogun, Thursday, withdrew their petition challenging the declaration of Mr Donald Ojogo as winner . The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ojogo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner...
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The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) for the third time this week, has been forced to step down hearing in the petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party due to poor scheduling of documents. Obi and his party are before the election petition court challenging the...
President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Wednesday objected to the admission of some documents sought to be tendered in evidence by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. At the resumed hearing of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator, Mr Denis Kasari, on Wednesday testified against one Mamman Ali before an Ikeja Special Offences Court in a N2.2 billion fuel subsidy scam trial. Ali, son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) retired Gen. Ahmadu Ali, is standing trail...
A police officer, Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot and killed a Lagos-based lawyer on Christmas Day has closed his defence, before a Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square. Vandi, is standing trial on a count charge of shooting and killing a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Dec. 25,...
) A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, told former Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the right to suspend or expel him if the action is done in accordance with the law. Justice James Omotosho stated this in a judgment he delivered...
Hearing in the election petition of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi was stalled at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja. At the resumed hearing, counsel to the petitioners, Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN told the court that he was constrained to...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned one Ngozi Jonathan-Omo, managing director of Zeenel Concepts, before Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State on one count charge of conspiracy and diversion...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), has admitted in evidence, documents tendered by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi in defence of his petition against President Bola Tinubu. The documents which were tendered on Tuesday in Abuja through the petitioners first witness, Mr Lawrence Nwakaeti,...
A Professor of Law, Teddy Idiabeta, on Monday urged new President Bola Tinubu to protect the the rule of law through obedience to court judgments by his administration. Idiabeta, a Legal Tech Practice Consultant, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He reacted...
Edo High Court judge, Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, on Friday in Benin, dismissed the notice of suspension issued against the National Chairman, Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, by some ward executives in the state. The action filed by Mr Abure and some of the executives of the Ward 3...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has appealed against the ruling of the Ogun Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, dismissing its petition against the election victory of the APC candidate, Dapo Abiodun and INEC. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NNPP had filed the petition...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, awarded a total sum of N17 million against three applicants and their lawyer in a suit, seeking to stop the swearing-in of Sen. Bola Tinubu on May 29 as fifth Nigeria’s democratic president. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, described the suit...
The supreme court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute...
Police in Benue arraigned a 21-year-old mother, Nguse Nyita before a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for allegedly feeding her one-year-old child with herbicide causing her death. Police prosecutor, Insp Samuel Itodo, told the court that Nguse of Agam Community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue thereby committed...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, refused an application by the police to formally arraign afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. Kuti, who was released from custody on Tuesday night, had been on remand for six days on the orders of the court. The police had on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned Nigerians against a ‘scam alert’ issued by some unscrupulous elements through a fake EFCC Help Desk. EFCC sokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that the ‘Scam Alert’ trending in the social...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – A Federal High Court sitting in Akure on Tuesday remanded four persons for Registration Impersonation and Examination malpractices of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam in Ondo State. The registration impersonation suspects are Timilehin Akinwale, Olayinka Mustapha and Peter Okereke, while Feranmi...
The Police on Tuesday arraigned an alleged 35-year old fake medical doctor, Afeez Adegoke, at Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, over hynia surgery that endangered the life of a patient. Adegoke of No. 6 Eri Antena Bus-Stop, Onibukun Ota in Ogun, is facing a two-count charge of false...
The delayed rape trial of Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko resumed in the capital Dakar on Tuesday as his party called for “resistance” and a national shutdown. Security forces patrolled crossroads and enforced a temporary ban on motorcycles as the city braced for another round of protests that have...