Ex-Kogi governor Yahaya Bello on Tuesday loses bid to stop his trial for alleged N110.4 billion alleged fraud charge preferred against him by the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja. The former governor had […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday awarded a fine of one million Naira against the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its embattled National Secretary, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, over the application seeking the judge’s withdrawal from the suit. The […]
By Tolulope Oke A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest of activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, after he failed to appear in court for his ongoing cybercrime trial. Sowore is […]
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister major opposition party, African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four others over failure to meet the constitutional requirements for political parties in the […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the decision of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to withdraw the registration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and the constitution of an interim management committee to run the affairs […]
By Taiye Agbaje Many suspects were brought into court on Monday morning as the Federal Government began mass trial of another batch of suspected terrorists charged with terrorism-related offences in Abuja. The trial, which is taking place in all the […]
By Henry Ojelu By all indications, the N100 million defamation judgment secured against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) may become one of the most consequential civic rights cases in Nigeria’s recent democratic history. What began as a dispute […]
Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a 36-year-old man, Akputa Ejike, to five years imprisonment for trafficking 5.80 kilograms of cocaine concealed in imported dry stock fish, popularly known as “Okporoko.” The conviction […]
A bill seeking to establish state police and transfer policing powers to subnational governments in order to strengthen internal security architecture across the federation on Thursday scaled through the second reading at the Senate. The bill, which enjoys broad support […]
By Innocent Anaba A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ken Nwanna, has petitioned the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, protesting the turn of events in his client’s case pending before Justice Adesanya of a […]