The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has fixed July 3 for a case filed against Nigeria’s central government over the delay in the passage of the Bill on independent candidacy. The case was instituted by two Non-Governmental Organisations who are asking the court to hold Nigeria responsible for the...
POLITICS
The Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State says it is determined to usher in a different governance structure in the state. The state Chairman of LP, Mr Casmir Agbo, said this on Friday during a one day retreat organised by the party for the14 LP members-elect to the State...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The former Minister of Niger Delta, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has been described as the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. The Chairman of the independent Coalition of APC Support Groups Leaders, Malam Sadiq Jikta, stated this in a statement issued on Friday. Malam Jikta...
Justice Hamza Muazu of an Abuja High Court on Friday held that the court has jurisdiction to entertain suit filed by some members of the Labour Party (LP). The suit is seeking the removal of the chairman of the party, Julius Abure, the National Organising Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu...
A divorce-seeking husband, Oyeyinka Adegoke, on Friday passionately pleaded with a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to save him from his wife, Wuraola, whom he alleged was diabolic. Adegoke stated in his testimony that his fortune had nosedived since he exchanged marital vows with Wuraola. He added...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja barring the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations. While some lawyers and stakeholders hailed the decision of the court others have argued that the judgment “is ill conceived, dead on...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has revealed why himself and other Northern Governors supported the presidential ambition of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. The governor made the revelation on Thursday in Daura during a farewell visit to the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruq-Umar. According to him, the...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for the revamping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to regain its eminent and dominant leadership role in Nigeria and Africa. The party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election gave the advice at a programme “welcome/reception of PDP governors-elect and send forth...
A Magistrate Court in Zuba, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, yesterday adjourned the trial of Uche Aigbe, Pastor of the House on the Rock Refuge Church, Wuye, over alleged unlawful possession of firearms. This follows the changing of the legal representative of Pastor Aigbe, PRNigeria gathered....
Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says his duty as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation stood out as the most challenging period of his professional career. Malami said this at the launch and public presentation of his Autobiography titled `Traversing The Thorny Terrain of Nigeria’s Justice Sector: My...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old electrician, Sunday George, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against the convict. Soladoye...
The National Industrial Court on Thursday fixed May 30 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In the suit, the federal government dragged ASUU before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, suspended the managing director, directors and secretary of the Board of Seplat Energy Plc, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice filed by three aggrieved shareholders. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, also gave an order compelling the Securities and...
A Sharia Court in Kaduna on Thursday, ordered a woman, Fatima Muhammad to return the N80,000 received as dowry in exchange for divorce. The Judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, gave the ruling after the complainant told the court that she wanted to redeem herself from the marriage and was ready...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), has adjourned pre-hearing in the petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) until May 18. The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned after listening to the agreement by all the counsel in the petitions....
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14. The self-determination agitator had on Nov. 3, 2022, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s verdict stopping his release from the...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. Also present in court were the former governors of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, Niger, Babangida Aliyu, Cross River,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from delegating powers to control the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. Justice...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended former Minister of Works, Sen. Barnabas Gemade from the party for alleged anti-party activities. Mr Austin Agada, the state APC chairman said this at a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Makurdi.Agada said the party had also suspended Prof. Terhemba Shija and some...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The adopted All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives Hon Tajudeen Abass, North West on Tuesday night finally broken his silence over his adoption by the Party, saying he felt very elated and satisfied While fielding questions...