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Justice Yellim Bogoro, of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, fixed further hearing of the contempt proceedings application filed against some officials of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation by three property owners in the state till January 17,…

Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, yesterday, told the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal, that parties had reached a “political solution” to the crisis of leadership rocking the state, hence his withdrawal of the appeal against…

The Akwa Ibom State Division of the High Court sitting in Uyo, the state capital on Thursday handed out a penalty of N20 million as damages against the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for incessant and unlawful arrests and detention of innocent civilians. The…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes till further notice. The apex court ruled that both old and new notes should continue to remain legal tender until the Federal…

A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, restrained the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, and Lagos State Building Control Agency, LSBCA, from further demolition of residential houses in 6th Avenue, Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The trial…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, to reveal how N535.8 million was spent on school children’s meals during the COVID-19 lockdown. In a judgment, Justice Nkeonye Maha directed…

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has issued Form 48 against the former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Dumle Maol for contempt of court. The issuance of the form…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgement of the Gombe State Governorship Election Tribunal, which dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the re-election of Governor Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress. Delivering judgement on…

A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) motion seeking an order setting aside its judgment restraining the commission from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, dismissed all the…

Frustrated by the system and her resolved to move on, the distraught mother of the late Keren-Happuch Aondodoo, a 14-year-old boarding student of Premier Academy, Vivien Akpagher has withdrawn the N10 billion law suit he filed against the school over the controversial…