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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the nomination of Uche Ogah as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 governorship election in Abia. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal on Friday restored Ikechi…

The lead counsel for the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said that Kanu lacks potassium in his bloodstream and may need “urgent heart surgery”. This is as he and his team of…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke; and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, closed their cases before the election petition tribunal hearing petition emanating from the state’s July 16 governorship election, as the panel adjourned till January 13, 2023, for…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant, Patience Key, to challenge the emergence of Mr Kola Abiola as the People’s Redemption Party’s presidential candidate. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in…

The Federal High Court in Kano on Thursday declared Mohammed, son of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, as the duly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State. The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application to set aside its November 4 judgment recognising the candidates produced by the Dr Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) party. The court had on November 4 ordered the Independent National…

A Deputy Director, Information Communication Technology with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Abimbola Oladunjoye, on Wednesday said there was ‘seemingly over-voting’ in some polling units in the July 16 Osun state governorship poll. Oladunjoye, a witness for INEC, the first respondent in the…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also forfeited 15 properties recovered…

The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to pay 15 per cent of its interest on Mgbede-5 flowline in Mgbede to Oseugboloro village in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state. The court also…

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday removed the Chief Ralph Nwosu led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court also nullified all actions taken by executives from the Aug. 21, 2022 till date. The Court in its ruling…