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A Kaduna High Court has dismissed a defamation suit filed by the immediate past governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, against a former senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani The ex-governor had sought N2 billion in damages over comments credited to the former…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has tendered documents before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in respect of the petition of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The documents were tendered on Thursday…

The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has tendered eighteen thousand and eighty-eight (18,088) blurred polling unit result sheets among other documents in continuation of the prosecution of their case before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in…

A Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, on Thursday, ordered the Nigeria Police, Department of State Service, and other security agencies involved in evacuating about 40 vehicles and other items from the residences of former Governor of Zamfara State,…

Hearing has formally commenced in the petition filed by the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the March 18 election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, challenging the return of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Although the petitioner was absent on Wednesday, his lead counsel, Olumide…

The Federal High Court in Kano has been asked to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from probing the immediate past governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over video clips allegedly showing him receiving dollars from a contractor as…

A Federal High Court in Abuja today ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay Media Rights Agenda (MRA) N1 million as damages for wrongful denial of access to information and directed the apex bank to also make available to the…

The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the March 18 election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has presented over 20,000 documents before the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Through his lead counsel, Dr Olumide Ayeni, the petitioner on Tuesday presented the documents which were stacked in…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, through his lawyer, says he has subpoenaed the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to testify in court. The lead counsel to Atiku, Chris Uche, who…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the National Assembly to amend Section 438 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) which allows the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to detain certain persons. Justice Ambrose Allagoa gave…