BREAKING! Court Orders DSS to Pay Sowore N2m, Apologise To Him Publicly
An Abuja division of the federal high court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the sum of N2 million as general damages to Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, over the unlawful seizure of his…
AAC Frowns At Continuous Attempts on The Life Of Omoyele Sowore, Other Pro-Democracy Campaigners
…Says It Won’t Accept Attacks On Sowore, Other Pro-Democracy Campaigners As the New Normal The African African Action Congress (AAC) has strongly condemned what it described as the continued attempt on the life of its former presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele…
Why Justice Mary Odili’s Residence Was Invaded – Gov. Wike
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike said the invasion of the residence of Justice of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Mary Odili, is a precursor to Federal Government’s infamous tactic of browbeating the judiciary to a state of fear and…
Okowa, Others Eulogise Late Justice Samuel Oseji
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Wednesday, eulogised the late Supreme Court Judge, Justice Samuel Oseji, saying he was an incorruptible jurist and a man of unassailable integrity whose death was a great loss to Delta and Nigeria. Okowa spoke at…
Delta LG Polls: Appeal Court Dismisses APC’s Suit Against PDP
The Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba has dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to sack all 25 local government councils’ chairmen and councillors in Delta State. The APC had challenged the election of the…
JUST IN: Court Has Ordered Malami, DSS To Pay Sunday Igboho 20bn
Court has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the sum of N20 billion as damages to Yoruba nation agitator and activist, Sunday Adeyemo,…
MRA Drags FG to ECOWAS Court for Failing to Investigate, Punish Killers of 11 Journalists
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to effectively investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murders of 11 journalists killed…
We’re Unaware Of Court Judgment ordering Us to Resume Work – Resident Doctors
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it is not aware of any court order compelling their members to resume work nationwide. The doctors said this in an Audio sent to African Independent Television (AIT) by NARD chairman…
Court Orders Resident Doctors To Suspend Nationwide Strike
The Vacation Judge of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Justice John Targema has ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to immediately suspend its nationwide strike pending the hearing and determination of the motion on…
It’s Judgment Day as Court Deliver Verdict on Constitutional Change in Kenya
Judgment is being awaited in Kenya as the Court of Appeal is billed to deliver its verdict today, Friday, on the controversial three-year quest of the Kenyan President to change the constitution. The ruling, watchers say, could shake up the…
FCT: Buhari Appoints Baba-Yusuf As Acting Chief Judge
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. The appointment which takes effect from August 1 follows the recommendation of the National Judicial Council…