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The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday  granted subpoena compelling the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, to produce the nomination form and academic certificates used by Sen. Ademola Adeleke in the 2018 governorship election. The…

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos will on December 8 rule on a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by a firm, Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Company Limited (IEDMCL), asking the court to restrain the Asset Management Company…

The Ondo State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, has told the state High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has no right to try him for alleged corrupt practices. The Speaker, alongside another…

The Presiding Judge, Ibadan Judicial division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Dele Peters has dismissed the reinstatement claim filed by one Private Henry Ahamefule against the Nigerian Army for lack of jurisdiction. Justice Peters ruled that the court neither has the…

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in a case instituted by the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Binani. Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court, Yola had in October nullified Binani’s…

Justice Obiora Egwatu of the Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2023 general elections. Delivering his ruling, Justice Egwuatu declared that based on submissions made…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Aviation from implementing the proposed National Carrier Establishment Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, Nigeria Air Limited and Ethiopian Airlines. But despite the court…

The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, has fixed December 13 for continuation of hearing on the protracted dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. It will be recalled that alleged refusal by FG to comply…

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice…

Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo-Lanre had on…