A Federal High Court in Abuja will today hear a suit seeking to stop former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election, amid renewed debate over constitutional term limits and growing speculation about his possible political return. The […]
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By Taiye Agbaje Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, was conspicuously absent in court on Thursday as the Federal High Court in Abuja set to deliver judgment in the alleged N33. 8 billion money laundering charge. Justice James Omotosho had […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from “using its recently issued ‘Formal Notice’ to threaten, sanction or punish broadcast stations and presenters for expressing personal opinions as facts, bullying or intimidating guests, or […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aremu Muftau Ajagun before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged advance fee fraud amounting to N145 million. Ajagun was charged by the Ibadan Zonal […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed June 19 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by PRNigeria Publisher, Yushau Shuaib, challenging his withdrawal from Senior Executive Course 47, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru-Jos. Justice Binta […]
By Joseph Erunke Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has expressed profound gratitude to God after being acquitted of alleged money laundering charges by the Federal High Court in Abuja. After a prolonged six-year legal […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has, in a ruling, stopped the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from using its recently issued ‘Formal Notice’ to threaten, sanction or punish broadcast stations and presenters for expressing personal opinions as facts, bullying or […]
By Christy Dike An Abuja High Court on Wednesday ordered that a 32-year-old man, Israel Friday, should be remanded in a corrections facility for allegedly stabbing his neighbour. The police charged Friday with attempted culpable homicide. Trial judge, Justice M. […]
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama has awarded N101 million in damages and costs against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The court found that the rights group defamed two officials of the […]
By Ayox Ojo The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered Mr. Bashir Mohammed Saidu, a former commissioner of Finance and Chief of Staff (CoS) to former governor Nasir El-Rufai and his co-defendant, Mr. Ibrahim Murktar, to open their […]