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When a lawsuit filed by Dr. Monday Ubani, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), landed on the bench of the Federal High Court in Lagos, it was meant to challenge the numerous…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 20 Nigerians have sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, for unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197 billion to N344 billion, their highest…

In a landmark judgment delivered by Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been ordered to grant the Freedom of Information request by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre)…

The Abuja Division of the Appeal Court, Friday, sacked the Ibrahim Gusau-led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Board. In Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CV/1006/2022, the court of Appeal panel, led by Justice Barika, together with Justices Okon Abang and Justice Banjoko, sacked the NFF Board by setting aside…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dragged a former governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu, to the Court of Appeal to set aside a no-case ruling granted him and a former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Niger State,…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has reignited its legal fight against the Mobil Workers Multipurpose Co-operative Society, Eket, Akwa Ibom State in a bid to reclaim a debt totaling N14,733,502,334.06. In an amended statement of claim presented before a Federal High…

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Mister Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the election of Governor Dabo Abiodun of Ogun State. Adebutu’s appeal contends that the election of Governor Abiodun did not comply with the electoral…

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate David Umbugadu against the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. The panel of justices in a unanimous decision dismissed it for lack of merit and…

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Aminu Bande, challenging the election victory of Nasir Idris as the governor of Kebbi State. In a ruling delivered on Friday, the apex court declared that…