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Lawyer to the Labour Party (LP), Levi Uzoukwu has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are not prepared to defend its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Uzoukwu made this comment on Monday, shortly after the court adjourned its resumed…

The National Industrial Court on Monday ordered the Police Service Commission, to pay retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, the sum of N40 million as general damages. The payment as ordered by Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, was for the unlawful retirement of…

President  Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the   Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would today open their defence against the petitions filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar…

A Federal High Court, in Lagos has discharged 22 banks from a garnishee proceeding filed by Glonik Industries limited and Glonik Hotels limited, against the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), and its sister company, Pipeline and Products Marketing Ltd (PPMC) on…

The children of the divorced wife of the former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Idongesit Nkanga, have filed an application before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, challenging the eviction order secured by their father’s wife, Ms. Mosunsola Nkanga, against them. The…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has quashed the conviction of former Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Calistus Nwabueze Obi. Delivering judgement yesterday in the Appeal filed by Obi in suit Nos.CA/LAC/CV/917/2019, CA/LAC/CV/917A/2019 and CA/LAC/CV/917B…

Mr Timipre Sylva, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, says he was never elected as the state’s governor on two occasions. Sylva, the immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum, refuted the allegations that he…

Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted leave to the Registered Trustees of Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy to apply for an order of mandamus compelling the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to disclose the…

Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Capital, has granted the request by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to withdraw a suit it instituted against Ebonyi Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, challenging his nomination as governorship candidate by the All Progressives Congress (APC)…