Governor Abdullahi Ganduje A High court in Kano State has stopped the state assembly from probing an alleged $5 million bribery against the state’s Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The presiding judge, Justice A.T. Badamasi gave the order on Monday while ruling on an ex-parte application by one Muhammad Zubair, the National Coordinator of Lawyers for Sustainable […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal High Court sitting at Asaba has issued a contempt notice on All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole for disobeying its order not to submit a list of Delta APC candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) until the resolution of the case. The court noted that despite its October 17 order, Oshiomole submitted names of purported National […]
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The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday refused to permit the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, and its candidate in the July 14 election in the state, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, leave to call an additional witness. PDP and Kolapo are challenging the outcome of the election in which Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives […]
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The PDP governorship candidate in the September 22 election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on allegation of examination malpractices. Adeleke was arraigned alongside the principal of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Mr. Aregbesola Muftau; the registrar of the school, Mr. Gbadamosi Ojo; and a […]
Continue ReadingFormer Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose arriving at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, Wednesday granted the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, bail in the sum of N50 million.The court also said that he provides a surety who must have landed […]
Continue ReadingECOWAS Court Some Nigerian citizens have dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over high cost of nomination forms for elective posts. Kenneth Roberts, Goodluck Edafe, Dr. Matthew Oguche, Macaulay S. William-Jumbo and Josephine E. Okeke, (plaintiffs) stated in a suit marked, ECW/CCJ/APP/49/18, dated October 18 and filed the same […]
Continue Reading#OurMumuDonDo Movement. Photo credit: BellaNaija A Federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian police to pay the #OurMumuDonDo movement a total sum of N500 million and also tender an official apology in two national newspapers, “Federal High Court in Abuja orders Nigerian Police to pay the #OurMumuDonDo Movement N50Million and also tender an […]
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By Tope Akinnola A Lagos High Court today Wednesday, October 8, 2018 slammed N5 million damages on Multi Choice Nigeria Limited, a digital television service provider and owner of the South African owned DSTV operating in Nigeria, for defective decoder and disrupted services. The court, which was presided over by Justice A. M. Lawal, specifically […]
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The visit of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to Kaduna state on Thursday halted the appearance of the leader of the Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat in court. When the court sat on Thursday, ruling for bail, applied for by the the defendants could not be heard because of their absence. Speaking in […]
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AS the 2019 general elections draw near, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on Tuesday charged Judges to resolve all political cases brought to their court on merit, without any external influence in the delivery of the judgments. In a message to the 34th Annual Conference of Judges of the Federal High […]
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