COURTROOM NEWS

A former Senator representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Muhammed Bulkachuwa, has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to restrain the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from arresting him over the comments he made during the valedictory session of…

A Federal High Court in Kano has restrained the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) from inviting or harassing former governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over the alleged dollar bribery videos. The PCACC on Thursday announced that it had…

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought before it by Ikie Aghwarianovwe, seeking the disqualification of Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for lacking in merit. In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the court held that the appellant…

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has admitted a 176-page report of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) and other documents as an exhibits in the petition filed before it by the PDP and it’s governorship candidate against…

The Supreme Court has upturned the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and his sentencing to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering. The apex court ordered the immediate release of Nwaoboshi, who represented Delta North in the ninth Senate, from…

The Kano State Government has withdrawn its suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to stop it from further inviting, investigating, or interrogating the immediate past Governor of Kano state Abdullahi Ganduje. The notice of withdrawal of the suit submitted before…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the suspension and subsequent expulsion of a former Governor  of Gombe State, Senator Mohammed Danjuma Goje,  from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The court, in a judgment that was delivered  by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, dismissed a…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State on Wednesday awarded a cost of N6million against the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in favour of a businessman, Igwe Dennis Nwaokpara, who was unlawfully arrested, deported from Kenya and detained in Nigeria. The court also…

Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit filed by a lawyer, Chief Abdullai Tony Dania, against AIICO Insurance Company, over alleged breach of contract. In her Judgement, Justice Bogoro held that the Claimant did…