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Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has thrown away a suit filed by a Lagos-based lawyer Julius Ajibulu challenging the Lagos State Government’s restriction of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada and tricycles (Keke NAPEP) from some…

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of justices, affirmed Oladipupo Adebutu as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the forthcoming governorship election in Ogun State. The apex court held that only an aspirant that participated in…

The Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State capital yesterday ordered the All Progressive Congress (APC) to conduct fresh primary election in 11 local government areas of the state. It directed that the result of the rerun should be added to the existing…

The newly-incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, on Monday failed to halt the hearing in a N100 billion suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged unlawful removal as Board Chairman, just as two senior lawyers representing the oil company in…

A lawyer, Mr Maxwell Opara, has urged the Court of Appeal, Abuja to stop the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), from extending the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice. Specifically,…

Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, one of the widows of late business mogul and politician, Chief MKO Abiola, has sued the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for alleged defamation of character. Others joined in the suit filed at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, were…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to…

The senior pastor of Fire and Omega Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has filed a defamation lawsuit against actress Halima Abubakar. Halima had accused Apostle Suleman of having an affair with her and inflicting her with sickness. She also alleged that she was…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal constituency of Imo State, Albert Agulanna. The court, on Friday, in its ruling in a suit initiated by Uzoma Ugochukwu from…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that it is illegal for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to ‘assume the statutory powers for the assessment, collection and enforcement of payment of taxes in Nigeria.’ The court also held that…