The Ekiti Election Petitions Tribunal on the June 18 governorship election will deliver judgment on Thursday. The Secretary to the Tribunal, Umar Abubakar, made this known on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. Abubakar said: “The Election Petitions Tribunal in charge of the Ekiti State Governorship election will on Thursday the 29th...
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Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to dismiss a suit seeking his nullification from the 2023 general election. Tinubu, through his counsel, Karma Fagbemi, told Justice Binta Nyako that the plaintiff; the Incorporated Trustees of...
Senator John Owan-Enoh (APC- Cross River) has withdrawn his court case challenging the outcome of the state governorship primaries which he lost. Owan-Enoh, who represents Cross River Central at the National Assembly said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that his decision was based...
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka on Wednesday ordered the police to immediately release one Mr Chukwuemeka Ekwueme, a real estate developer detained at their Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra, since Dec. 14. The order followed an application for bail by Mr Alex Ejesieme (SAN), counsel to Ekwueme...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday requested the police to come up with more details of the alleged murder of a Lagos-based female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was allegedly shot dead on Christmas Day by a police officer attached...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the sacked Akwa Ibom governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akanimo Udofia, against the judgement of a lower court. The three-member panel headed by Justice Elfreda Williams- Dawodu made this known after counsel to...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has warned President Muhammadu Buhari; Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; the Senate of the National Assembly; Mrs. Lauretta Onochie and Chief Samuel Ogbuku on the consequences of flouting an earlier restraining order. In a notice of...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has sworn-in Justice Umar Abubakar as Acting Chief Judge of the state. Speaking shortly after the oath administration in Saturday in Birnin Kebbi, Bagudu charged the appointee to consolidate on the successes recorded by his predecessor. “Let me start by congratulating Justice Umar...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking replacement as validly elected presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgment, Justice Zainab Abubakar, held that the suit was statute barred, having been filed outside...
The Kano High court on Friday has ordered the Kano State Government to recall Ummulkulsum’s mother, Fatima Zubairu and PC Aminu Halilu for cross-examination in an alleged murder trial of a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong,47. Frank, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano is charged with culpable homicide committed the...
Ralph Nwosu, former National Chairman of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) says he has yet to receive the court judgement sacking him from office. Nwosu told a news conference on Thursday in Abuja that whole thing was news to him. “We respect institutions, we are a very disciplined party,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant, Madam Patience Key to challenge the emergence of Mr Kola Abiola as the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgment, held that the suit was statue barred, hence, the court...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Thursday, rejected an application to set aside its Nov. 4 judgment recognising the candidates produced by Dr Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje-led leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) party. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a ruling, held that the application filed by Kenneth Obidiche Udeze-led...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to strike out a suit filed by former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuba, against its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Mr Julius Ishola, counsel to the APC in a suit filed by Nwajuba against...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also forfeited 15 properties recovered from Idris in Kano and Abuja....
A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Yoruba speaking Southwest States to a Federal High Court the worsening insecurity conditions in the region. The suit filed at the Ibadan division of the Federal High Court is marked: IB/CS/189/22. Besides, the Southwest...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Oladimeji Ayodele, to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict was arraigned before Justice Monisola Abodunde on Sept. 9, 2021 on a count charge of rape. According to the charge,...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday has lowered the bail condition of the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye from 50 million to 40 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ramon Oshodi reduced the bail after the...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old travel agent, Elijah Samson, in a correctional center for alleged N2.8m visa fraud. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel gave the order after the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, pleaded that the defendant be remanded as investigation in the matter was ongoing....
Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday ordered that the court should be vacated during proceedings in the trial of Dr Femi Olaleye charged with defiling his wife’s niece. The prosecution had requested that journalists should be stopped from covering Wednesday’s proceedings...