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The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the November 11 governorships election, Udengs Eradiri has filed a petition at the Bayelsa state governorship election petitions tribunal seeking the disqualification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Douye Diri and…

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Sokoto State, Mallam Saidu Umar, alongside his party, has filed an appeal against the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal sitting…

The Kogi State High Court (Appeal Session) presided over by Hon. Justice A.S. Hussaini, Hon. Justice A.U. Muhammed, and Hon. Justice Aminu Ali Eri, has affirmed the decision of a Kogi Magistrate Court sitting in Egume, Kogi State which earlier this year,…

A High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Unuoha, from arresting the Spokesperson of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state, Mr Faruk Adejoh-Audu. Also restrained are the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of…

A Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the Martins Amaewhule-led group of the Rivers State Assembly from forcefully gaining access into the assembly complex, pending the hearing of the suit before it. The House of Assembly and the Speaker, Edison Ehie,…

Justice Keziah Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Monday, declined a request seeking her withdrawal from a libel suit filed by former Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama. Onyeama had sued a career ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lillian…

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday fixed January 8 to deliver judgement in the enforcement of a fundamental rights suit filed by the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The judge fixed…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, awarded a N500 million in damages against Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi for violating the fundamental rights of Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in the…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted a garnishee order freezing not fewer than 24 bank accounts belonging to the Kano State government, over N30 billion compensation to Incorporated Trustees of Masalachi Eid Shop Owners and Traders Association, for demolition of…

Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has dismissed a charge bordering on impersonation levelled against the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Edozie Njoku, by the Nigeria Police Force. Justice Madugu held that there was no…