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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over his failure to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding the…

The Department of State Security (DSS) has debunked claims by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) the Governor of Enugu State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18 governorship election, Peter Mbah, forged his NYSC discharge certificate. The DSS made…

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to admit him to bail on self-recognizance pending the determination of the charge filed against him by the Federal Government. The bail application…

The federal high court in Abuja has refused to extend its interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting Hudu Yunusa-Ari, suspended Adamawa state resident electoral commissioner (REC). Yunusa-Ari had stirred controversy when he declared Aisha Binani Dahiru of…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has stopped the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission from investigating alleged missing N100 billion from the state’s Local Government Council accounts. The court, presided over by Justice S.A. Amobeda, on Tuesday also stopped the…

There was drama on Tuesday at the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Birnin Kebbi as the  principal of Sultan Abubakar College, Sokoto said the Kebbi State deputy governor did not graduate from the school. The  Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Abubakar, claimed  he…

A Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, has filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking $150 million in compensation from Google and GoDaddy.com. The lawsuit revolves around the alleged shutdown of his YouTube Audio domain name after eight years of promotional…

The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed the suit filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 Enugu State governorship election, Uche Nnaji, challenging the victory of Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic…

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday  ordered the sack of Musa Mubarak as the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), for the November 11, gubernatorial election in Kogi State. Justice James Omotosho made the order while delivering judgment in a suit…