By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal Government, on Monday, urged the judiciary to expedite hearings on cases involving terrorism, human trafficking, kidnapping and similar serious crimes. According to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused a request by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be moved from the Sokoto Correctional Centre to a custodial facility within the Federal Capital […]
By Henry Ojelu A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting in Bwari, has issued an interim order restraining Galactic Aviation Limited and two others from selling an Embraer EMB-145LR aircraft identified as 5N-BZM. Justice M. A. Madugu […]
The Kabiru Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik to recuse herself from the suit filed against the leadership of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a faction of the party in the […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out a suit that sought to compel the Federal Government to release all the allocations belonging to Local Government Councils, LGCs, in Osun State, which it withheld. A seven-member panel […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Nnamdi Kanu, who was recently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, has filed a fresh motion before the Federal High Court, in Abuja, adducing reasons why he should be […]
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, rejected Prince Emmanuel Kanu’s appearance for his brother, Nnamdi Kanu, on the ground that he is not a lawyer. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the October 2, 2024 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), also known as VIO, from further stopping, impounding or confiscating vehicles on the […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Dec. 8 for a hearing in a motion ex parte filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice James Omotosho fixed the date for Thursday after […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the judgment that barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) from confiscating or imposing fines on motorists. The appellate court, in a […]