2023: Supreme Court Ends Ex-Minister’s Governorship Ambition, Affirms Emenike Abia APC Candidate
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed Ikechi Emenike as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Abia State after Uche Ogah, a former minister of state for Mines and Steel Development, challenged the judgment of the Court of…
Senior Advocate Of Nigeria Explains Supreme Court Restraining Order On Naira Swap Deadline
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome, has explained the restraining order of the Supreme Court Of Nigeria on the implementation of the old naira notes swap deadline against the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Central Bank of…
Appeal Court Delivers Judgment On APM Suit Seeking Peter Obi’s Disqualification
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has delivered judgment in a suit filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking to disqualify Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria….
Supreme Court Gave Imo A Governor, Now It Donated A Senatorial Candidate To Yobe State — Says HURIWA
Prominent civil rights advocacy group – Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described as a travesty of justice and a grave affront to constitutionalism and democracy the inexplicable majority judgment delivered on Monday, in which the Supreme court…
Court Stops CBN From Extending Naira Swap Beyond February 10 Deadline
Justice Eneojo Eneche of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), President Muhammadu Buhari and 27 commercial banks from suspending or interfering with the currency redesign terminal date of February 10, or…
Frederick Leliman: Former Kenyan Policeman Sentenced To Death For Murder
A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. Frederick Leliman and three others were convicted of carrying out the murders in 2016, in one…
NBA Condemns Killing Of Judicial Officer In Imo
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Saturday condemned the killing of the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, Nnaemeka Ugboma. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, NBA, Akorede Habeeb…
Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: Co-defendant in Kogi Assembly Candidate’s Trial Once Investigated for Multi-Million Naira Fraud – Witness
The first prosecution witness, PW1, Olusegun Falola, in the ongoing trial of Ismaila Yousouf Atumeyi, a Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Friday, February 3, 2023, told Justice Tijani Ringim of the…
Unknown Gunmen Invade Court Premises, Shoot Sitting Judge Dead
It was a black Thursday as unknown gunmen invaded a court premises while the court was in session and shot dead Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in Oguta local government area of Imo State. According to eyewitnesses,…
2023: Court Orders INEC To Accept LP Candidates In 24 States (Full List)
As Nigeria’s 2023 general elections draws nearer, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nominations of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in 24 states of…
Participation In Osun Guber Election: S/Court Dismisses Suit Against Oyetola
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun’s ex-governor Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy Benedict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. A five-member…
