Certified court documents have clarified why the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) withheld the name of Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidate in Kano State, from its list of candidates for the 2027 election. The documents […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved judgment in a ₦10 billion fundamental rights suit filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Justice Chigozie Onah fixed December […]
The Court of Appeal has rejected applications seeking to suspend criminal proceedings in a fresh Offa robbery case involving former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. The appellate court held that the pending appeals did […]
Skyview Properties Limited has reaffirmed its ownership of a disputed property in Lekki, Lagos, saying it legally acquired the land in 2008 and that its title was upheld by the Lagos State High Court. The company made the clarification amid […]
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ahamba, has called on the national leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to intervene in the lingering crisis rocking its Owerri Branch, declaring that the situation has reached an emergency level. Ahamba, a […]
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to immediately and unconditionally release Imran Usman Wakili, who was allegedly arrested over social media posts criticising the turnout at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna State. […]
The Lagos State Government has inaugurated a Centre for Legal Study, Research and Training, aimed at strengthening the state’s justice system and enhancing the capacity of legal practitioners and public officials. The facility, established by the Lagos State Ministry of […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has adjourned until December 10 the hearing of a suit seeking to disqualify Kingsley Chinda as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the 2027 governorship election. The suit, instituted […]
Nigeria has recorded a major diplomatic milestone with the election of Nigerian-British legal scholar, Professor Dapo Akande, as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the […]
The Federal Government has secured a total of 2,512 convictions in terrorism-related cases over the last nine years, the National Counter Terrorism Centre has said. The National Coordinator of the Centre, under the Office of the National Security Adviser, Major […]