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Justice Z.B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered for the unconditional release of Mazi Solomon Onyegbule, one of the supporters of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The court also awarded N50 million as…

Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to bar the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from participating in next year’s election. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgement on Tuesday, held that the suit filed by a…

It was a drama in Minna, the Niger State capital, as court sacks Dr. Mustapha Jibril, one of the 25 local government area chairmen sworn in by the state Governor Abubakar Sani Bello at Government. Jibril along with others and their supporters who…

Hon. Justice Zaynab Bashir of the Portharcourt Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has made the order Nisi granted against the GT Bank in favour of the Judgment creditor, Mr. Timothy Onuosa absolute. The Court ordered Garnishee Bank- GT Bank to pay…

A coalition of groups under the umbrella of Concerned Civil Society Stakeholders (CCS) in Niger Delta had dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State over the constitution of the newly named Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…

The Federal High in Lagos yesterday reaffirmed its injunction order issued on November 24, 2022 pending the determination of the Motion on Notice filed by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) to stop the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air. The Hon Justice A.…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday affirmed the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, as the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election. In a unanimous decision, a five-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Ekekere-Ekun…

The Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court, on Friday, declared Dr Ifeanyi Odii as the authentic governorship candidate of the party after emerging as the winner of the governorship primary on May 29. The Court gave the ruling in a suit…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki has restrained the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Federal Ministry of Finance from releasing allocations and other entitlements of the 13 Local Government Councils of Ebonyi State…

Following months of litigation and counter-litigations, the Supreme Court, has declared Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the authentic candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the Ideato north and south federal constituency elections next year. In a judgment on Thursday, a five-member panel…