Former Imo State Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has welcomed the Federal High Court judgment that nullified the senatorial nomination of Governor Hope Uzodimma for the Imo West Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections. Reacting to the verdict delivered […]
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Justice Lesley Wike of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Olalekan Ogunbayo, a former President of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Staff Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has included the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Dr Francis Olugbenga Ajala, and his running mate, Faseke Babajimi Oladipo, on the ballot for Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The decision comes just days […]
Senior lawyers and human rights advocates warn that rising litigation costs, court delays and enforcement bottlenecks are pushing justice further out of reach for ordinary Nigerians.
The House of Representatives has directed AMCON to restore a Lagos firm to its leased property and ordered the IGP to probe an alleged illegal eviction.
The Supreme Court has fined a lawyer ₦50 million and threatened a practice ban after he sought to reopen a final judgment in a Kebbi Emirate dispute.
By Luminous Jannamike The Oyo State High Court has ruled that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, cannot force female candidates sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to remove their hijab before taking the examination, declaring the practice […]
By Ige Adekunle A 33-year-old Ogun man identified as Temitope Ganiyu has been remanded in prison after he was arraigned for dragging and tearing the cloth of a police officer, ASP Badejo Taofeek. Ganiyu was arraigned before Ota Magistrates’ Court […]
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has dismissed an appeal filed by telecommunications giant MTN Nigeria Communications Limited against the judgment of the National Industrial Court. The lower court awarded N5.1 million in compensation to a former employee, Mr Theodore […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Following an application by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest and extradition of a United Kingdom-based radiographer, Immaculata Ikenwankwor, to face cybercrime-related […]