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Enugu State High Court, Nigeria, presided over by Justice A. O. Onovo, on Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. In 2017, the South-East Governors Forum, led by former Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi State, proscribed IPOB activities. The […]
Continue ReadingOyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The stool had become vacant since the demise of HRM, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, in December 2021, at the age of 95 years after he reigned for 48 years. On September 8, 2023, […]
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Kenya have arrested a fake lawyer, Brian Mwenda Njagi, who has won 26 cases while parading himself as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. According to reports, the lawyer handled 26 cases before High Court Judges, Magistrates, and Court of Appeal Judges before his arrest, all of which he won. He […]
Continue ReadingA Magistrate court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded singer Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley and Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry in police custody for 21 days. At the court sitting, the Lagos police requested that both suspects be remanded for 30 days pending investigation completion over the death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, […]
Continue Reading25-year-old Kenyan woman who allegedly set her ex-boyfriend’s house on fire, destroying property worth Sh120,000, has been charged with arson. Patience Cherotich is accused of setting fire to the house located at TRM Drive in Kasarani, Nairobi on August 10, 2023. “On the 10th day of August, 2023, at Veeland Apartments, you did willfully and […]
Continue ReadingAfter a long detention and massive condemnations by Nigerians, the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has finally been arraigned for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Emefiele arrived at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for his arraignment on two counts charges. He was brought to court by officials […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, was on Friday, arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of graft. Oduah, who served as Aviation Minister from 2011 to 2014, is facing trial over an allegation that she laundered public funds to the tune […]
Continue ReadingThe fundamental rights enforcement lawsuit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of State Services (DSS), has been dismissed by a federal high court. Kanu had sued the Director General of DSS, the DSS, and the Attorney-General of the Federation as 1st to 3rd respondents respectively, […]
Continue ReadingIn a landmark judgment, Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot recovered by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the […]
Continue ReadingFormer head of the Rapid Response Team of the Inspector General of Police (IRT IGP), ACP Abba Kyari has been granted bail after 18 months in prison custody. Kyari alongside some members of his team was taken into custody in February 2022 after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), alleged tampering with drug exhibits. […]
Continue ReadingDivorce-seeking woman, Taibat Abubakar, has told a Magistrate court sitting in Ipata, Ilọrin, Kwara State, Nigeria, that she can’t explain how she got pregnant without having sexual intercourse with her husband, Abubakar Salihu. “He said I should marry him but I said no because I don’t love him. But he insisted and said whether I […]
Continue ReadingA housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to her husband’s health issue, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The complainant told a court in Ilorin, Kwara State, that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded for the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that she […]
Continue Reading38-year-old man, Samaila Salisu, has denied paternity of the child that his wife, Mary Ibrahim stated that she bore for him. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Samaila told the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State that: “I had intercourse with her only six times since we got married in 2022. […]
Continue ReadingA libel and defamation lawsuit filed by former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai against former Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has been struck out by a Kaduna High Court. El-Rufai had initially filed a N2 billion suit against Shehu Sani in 2018, seeking relief for alleged injuries suffered as a result […]
Continue ReadingNational Industrial Court has ordered the arrest of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali and the Force Secretary, AIG Hafeez Inuwa, for disobeying the court order to reinstate some police officers who were graduates of Course 33, 34 and 35 of the police academy. The affected officers had approached the court presided over […]
Continue ReadingAt the resumed hearing on Friday, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) admitted as exhibits two video clips tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to support their petition challenging the conduct and outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The petitioners, through their counsel, Jubril Okutekpa, SAN, informed the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), from embarking on strike action from Wednesday as planned, until the determination of the motion on notice. Justice O. Y. Anuwe handed down the order against the NLC and TUC […]
Continue ReadingChairman of PDP in FCT, Mohammed Babaji Madaki, witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president for not scoring 25 percent in the Federal Capital Territory […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Awka, has declared that the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, is an illegal occupant of the office he is currently holding. Justice Fatun Riman, who gave the order, insisted that Baba’s continued stay in office is against the clear provisions of the Police Act, 2020, saying it is […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, has slammed a N100 billion libel and defamation suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) at a federal high court in Abuja. She also informed the court that she had been away from the country since […]
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