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A 27-year-old woman, Busayo Alagbe, has been arraigned before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly forging bank documents and robbing her employer, Bridgeway Ventures, of N4.5m in the state. Alagbe was charged with three counts bordering on the conversion of employer…

The Election Petition Tribunal hearing the case emanating from the July 16 governorship election in Osun State was forced into adjournment on Thursday following the presentation of blurry documents used by Governor Ademola Adeleke for the 2018 elections. The eight-page documents, presented…

A Federal High Court has ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security Service, DSS), to fish out the killers of late Samuel Okoro who was the personal assistant to Ifeanji Ejiofor, counsel to the detained leader of the…

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has dismissed the suit by an aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), challenging the emergence of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia as the party’s governorship candidate for…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday nullified the All Progressives Grand Alliance governorship primary election held on May 29, 2022 and has given a 14-day ultimatum for a new primary election to be conducted. Justice Binta Nyako, who presided over…

The Managing Director of Rainoil Limited, Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie, has alleged former lawmaker, Ned Nwoko, of threatening his life in a suit before Justice Chizoba Oji sitting at the FCT High Court, Abuja. Ogbechie, in the suit also alleged that Nwoko engaged in…

The Zamfara State Shari’a Court has granted bail to former Information Minister, Ikra Bilbis. Bilbis was arrested by the police last Tuesday and brought to the court for allegedly destroying billboards of the All Progressives Congress and other government property during a…

The defendants in an alleged fraudulent sale of land located at Wasimi, Maryland have decided to settle out of court following an enrolment order in the case granted by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja. A  Lagos-based lawyer, Olajide Ajana had earlier…

Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed Governor Ben Ayade as the All Progressives Congress(APC) senatorial candidate for Cross River North. The Court presided by Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha dismissed a suit filed by Cecilia Odey against the Governor. Cecilia of the APC participated in…