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A Kano State High court has issued a restraining order stopping anti-corruption agencies from conducting investigations into the affairs of the state’s Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCAC) and its chairman, Muhuyi Rimingado. The anti-graft agencies prevented from probing Rimingado include the Economic…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the  Inspector General(IG) of Police, Kwara State Government, and the Kwara State Police Command to appear before it and show cause, why the detained Mr. Adegbola Abdulazeez. a.K.a Tani Olorun; Madam Efunsetan Abebi Aniwura Olorisha.…

The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Foundation (NACAT) has taken legal action against the acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Folashodun Shonubi, and deputy governor Mr. Edward Adamu for alleged failure to declare their assets to the Code…

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State has dismissed the petitions filed against two Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives members. The tribunal on Saturday dismissed the petitions instituted against David Gurara, who represents the Kachia/Kagarko Federal Constituency, and Bashir Shadow,…

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, siting, in Ibadan, has declared Akeem Adeyemi as the winner of the 2023 House of Representatives’ election in Oyo federal constituency. Skimeh, as the son of departed late Ọba Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo, is popularly, had…

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the election of the member representing Ojo Federal Constituency, Seyi Sowunmi of the Labour Party. On Thursday, the court declared former Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress…

The National Assembly Elections Tribunal sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has affirmed the return of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate seats respectively. The election of Musa Agah as member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal…

Nigeria lawyer, Nkereuwem Mark Anana, has filed a fundamental right enforcement suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), over the alleged unlawful and continuous detention of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes…

One of the aggrieved shareholders of FBN Holdings yesterday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos, to set aside the interim order of the court made on the 29th of July, directing FBN Holdings not to go ahead with its annual general…