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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Tuesday, nullified the nomination and primary election of Mrs. Ifeyinwa Anazonowu as the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Anambra North Senatorial District for the 2023 elections. Justice…

Dangote Industries Limited has asked the High Court of Kogi State to stay further proceedings in the suit filed against it by the State Government over the Obajana Cement dispute. Kogi State, in its suit marked: HCL/94/2022, is among others, challenging the validity…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Bwari has granted the factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Edozie Njoku, bail on self-recognition. Edozie alongside the factional National Youth Leader of the party, Chukwuemeka Nwoga, were remanded at the…

The Lagos State Court of Appeal has ordered the office of the Attorney General of the state to pay N500,000 to a security guard, Sule Sanni, who was arrested in 1999 and unlawfully detained for 12 years without arraignment or prosecution. This was…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure Tuesday affirmed the candidature of a former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Chief Alfred Agboola Ajayi, as the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Ondo South senatorial district of the state. The appellate…

Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya of the National Industrial Court, Portharcourt Judicial Division has declared the termination of Mrs. Sharon Philip's employment from Notore Industries Ltd as wrongful and reckless; awarded the sum of N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) against the company as general…

The Supreme Court has decided to constitute a special panel of seven members to determine the dispute arising from the January 27, 2022 governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State. The apex court took the decision last Thursday at…

The Federal High Court I, sitting in Yola has annulled the senatorial primary for Adamawa Central Senatorial District, conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party, won by the Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly, Aminu Iya-Abbas. Justice Abdulaaziz Anka, in his ruling on the…

The Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, on Monday, set aside a judgment of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, ordering the conduct of a fresh primary by the Peoples Democratic Party. Justice O. Oguntoyin had in a September 27 judgment ordered the…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court, on Monday, upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, which held…