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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has on Monday dismissed the suit by a former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Chief Ambrose Owuru, against the election of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, in the 2019 presidential election. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit seeking Buhari’s sack on three grounds. The grounds were […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Osun State, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola has threatened to institute legal action against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), for refusing to release the IG Monitoring Team Report in respect of his petition against MTN Nigeria and others. In a letter dated January 27, 2023, which Oyinlola addressed to the Inspector General of […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Ekiti State on Wednesday morning asked the Ekiti State House of Assembly, the Clerk and Hon Olubunmi Adelugba, the defendant /respondents in the suit challenging the impeachment of Rt Hon. Olugboyega Aribisogan as Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly to file their defense in the matter and stop waisting the […]
Continue ReadingLess than two months to Nigeria’s 2023 general election, a Yola High Court, Adamawa State, Nigeria, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, sacked Senator Elisha Abbo as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Adamawa North senatorial district for the 2023 election. The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Danladi, held that the senator, having been expelled […]
Continue ReadingA married female Nigerian nurse, Imolita has told the Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, how she was allegedly raped by a security guard, Ibuchi Emmanuel, at a school where she worked as a nurse. Giving her evidence, she said she was on night duty on the day the incident happened, while […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Maitama, in Abuja, Nigeria has formally granted Anita Okoye and Paul Okoye divorce. Recall that in August 2021, Anita Okoye filed for divorce after 8 years of marriage. Anita Okoye cited five major reasons for her decision to divorce her husband: cheating, a claimed separation, being an absent parent, fraud, and […]
Continue Reading27-year-old man and father of three children, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, has expressed a strong desire to see the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom he claims to be his biological father. According to him, his mother had just told him that the Lagos governor was his father. Making the assertions while speaking with journalists at the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police Force. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties linked to Nigerian Senator, Ike Ekweremadu, also an ex-Deputy Senate President. Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the order following an ex -parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba, lawyer to Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Nigerian government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The Court presided over by Justice E. N Anyadike, […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola and his Deputy Governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi on the grounds that Governor Mai Mala Buni who submitted their names to INEC, violated the provisions of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 82(3) […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Mrs. S.M Akintayo has heard the testimonies of a couple, Mr. Rasheed Afeez and Mrs. Nafisat Afeez and adjourned the case till September 12 for judgment. Rasheed, who brought a divorce suit against his wife, alleged that she was rebellious and started refusing […]
Continue ReadingAn application filed by the Nigerian government seeking to extradite suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari to the United States to face criminal charges, has been dismissed by a federal high court sitting in Abuja. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, on Monday August 29, held that the extradition request filed by the Attorney General […]
Continue ReadingOne of Nigeria’s political parties, the Action Peoples Party (APP) may on Monday drag the Presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to court to challenge his academic qualification to stand for the 2023 election. APP’s decision followed alleged irregularities in the academic qualification and documents submitted by Tinubu to Independent National […]
Continue ReadingProsecution witness, Nneka Maryjane Odezulu, in the ongoing rape and murder trial of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, has narrated to the court how she was raped from behind by the defendant. Odezulu the first prosecution witness, who was testifying before Justice Sherifat Sonaike, of Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa […]
Continue ReadingA Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, has adjourned till April 26, a divorce suit brought before it by a woman, Rainat Adetipe, against her husband, Muyideen Adetipe. Rainat, in seeking divorce on the grounds of battery and threat to her life by her husband, stated that the defendant had so much […]
Continue ReadingJustice D.E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria, has granted an Order of Interim Forfeiture of fourteen landed properties belonging to M.D/CEO of Brisk Capital Limited, Mr. Dominic Joshua Ngene. 21-year-old Joshua, who claims to be an ‘investment expert’ was arrested last year by the Special Fraud Unit, Lagos, for allegedly […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the application for bail filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday J. Ubua. The two senior police officers are charged with five others in relation to offences of unlawful drug dealings. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a […]
Continue ReadingA Kenyan woman, Makena Sara Ngari has appeared in court to forgive a man who had been charged with touching her buttocks. The 21-year-old Ramadhan Johnson, was arraigned before Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, for intentionally touching Sara’s buttocks without her consent. Sara was in court on Thursday, March 24, ready to withdraw the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian legal practitioner, Bartholomew Okafor—Oyilo, has asked a High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria to set aside the findings of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which recommended him for disciplinary action based on a legal opinion he rendered as Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Anambra State (Legal Matters). Okafor-Oyilo, in a writ of […]
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