A Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the release of processes and documents in the money laundering trial of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, and others to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, made an application before Justice...
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A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020 which were considered to infringe on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizens. Justice James Omotosho, who struck out the sections in a judgment, held that the plaintiff, Mr...
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari has taken due notice of judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, restoring Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). According to a statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, on Wednesday in Abuja, the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 30 and 31 for continuation of the trial of Ali Bello a nephew to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Bello and three others were arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)for alleged N3 billion. When...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling members perceived to be loyal to Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement delivered on two separate suits filed by the affected PDP members, held that the fears of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani.” Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered the APC candidate’s counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on issue...
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...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will resist any attempt from any quota to sabotage the Labour Party (LP) in the country. The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero said this while addressing newsmen during a solidarity visit to the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. It would be recalled...
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...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has prayed the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the Feb. 25 election. The APC urged the tribunal to discountenance the petitions, in three...
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...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, seeking an order compelling the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS ) to reissue them international passports. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to seven years’ imprisonment with an option of fine. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Hussaini guilty of the two-count charge preferred against him...
A university lecturer, Dr Ahmadu Shehu, has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to order the media houses to, henceforth, stop attributing bandit or terrorist attacks in any part of the country to persons of Fulani extraction Shehu, a Fulani origin from Jada Jada in Adamawa, in a motion...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), and his vice, Kassim Shettima, in the Feb. 25 election. A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a...
The absence of the four children of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in a Federal High Court, Abuja, stalled their arraignment on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier reported that Ojerinde and his children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and his party have prayed the Election Tribunal to nullify the process that produced the president elect Sen. Bola Tinubu. Obi and his Party in a petition dated March 20 marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 alleged that Tinubu was not the...
Mr Tukur Mamu, alleged terrorist negotiator, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to a10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing, among others preferred against him by the Federal Government. Mamu, who was arraigned by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on behalf of the FG before Justice Inyang...
The Federal Government will, today, arraigned Mr Tukur Mamu, ex-terrorist negotiator, on 10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing among others. Mamu, who will be arraigned by the office if the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on behalf of the FG, will be arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a...
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has sued the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged unlawful arrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ojerinde, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/179/2023 filed before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, is seeking an...