The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has pleaded with the abductors of the past president of the body, Chief Okey Wali, SAN, to release him unconditionally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wali, was reportedly abducted in the early hours of Monday, on the East–West Road, of Obio/Akpor...
Judiciary
The Federal High Court, Abuja has declared the sack of Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume as Non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as illegal and unlawful. Delivering judgment in the matter on Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo said that his removal was unconstitutional and as such the court...
A sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has remanded the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry’, Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members (name withheld). According to the prosecution, the defendant allegedly committed the offences sometime in June 2020 in Ikota...
There was mild drama, on Monday, at the premises of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Bwari, Abuja, as factional Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, was arrested by the Nigerian police. The arrest followed a complaint by the prosecution lawyer, CSP Ezekiel Rinamsomte,...
A corps member in Oyo State, Ukanwa Ikechukwu, was Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235, 000. The police charged the defendant with false pretence andtheft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olufemi Omilana,...
An Abuja High Court on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking the nullification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates lists for the governorship primaries scheduled to hold on Friday. Mr Abayomi Awoniyi ,Abdullahi Haruna, SAN, Ruben Atabo , SAN, Mohammed Usman, Musa Wada, Kingsley Lona , Gedion Ojata, Dr...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has described the petition filed by Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against his election victory as “a gross abuse of court processes.” Tinubu, in a reply to the petition through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, told...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of Yusuf, ordered the police to duplicate the case file...
The Federal High Court (FHC) will on Thursday mark 50 years of justice delivery in the Nigerian judicial system. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FHC, which was established on April 13, 1973, was formerly known as Federal Revenue Court. It was established by the Federal Revenue Act...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, nullified and set aside the ward and local government congresses conducted on Feb. 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the congresses were conducted for the purpose of nominating a governorship candidate...
A business man, Awaisu Jibril, on Wednesday appeared at a Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, for allegedly marrying five wives, contrary to Islamic teaching. The prosecutor, Insp. Sambo Maigari, had told the court that one Musa Abdullahi , a community leader, had reported the matter to the Rigasa...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the PDP challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu in Feb. 25 poll. The APC, the 4th respondent, urged the PEPC to reject the petition in its...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship and the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidates have filed a petition against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The PDP candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran known as Jandor, and the LP candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vigour, separately asked the tribunal to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss a petition filed by Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the reliefs sought are not grantable. INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the N5 million fine on Channels Television. In the suit, they are asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional the N5m fine imposed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun and its governorship candidate at the March 18 election, Mr Ladi Adebutu filed a petition against the outcome of the election on Friday in Abeokuta. Announcing the result of the election on March 19, INEC declared the candidate of the All Progressives...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A High Court sitting in Bauchi has restrained Babayo Misau from parading himself as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) or even as a member of the Party in the State. Our Correspondent reports that the opposition APC in Bauchi State has been...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a leader of Igbo community in Lagos State, Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu, for allegedlly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the state. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Nwaka, ordered that the defendant, aged...
An Abuja High Court has stopped the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure; National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Others also affected by the order are the National Organising Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and Treasurer of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja that six aggrieved applicants who challenged the party’s Feb. 7 election to nominate delegates for Kogi governorship primaries were not its members. Counsel to APC, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, who told Justice James Omotosho in a preliminary...