COURTROOM NEWS

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) following the withdrawal by the party’s counsel. With this withdrawal, the governorship candidate of the APC, Tonye Cole remains the only petitioner against the Independent…

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, PhD, OFR has declared that Law Officers Association of Nigeria have the rights under the 1999 Constitution and other relevant laws in Nigeria to associate and function as a trade…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed a suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the State Security Service, SSS, for the adoption of processes. The matter was fixed for June 20 by the…

A Lagos high court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has granted leave to Isale Eko Descendants’ Union (IDU) to seek the imposition of N10 billion fine on producers of ‘Gangs of Lagos‘. Directed by Jade Osiberu and produced by Kemi Lala Akindoju,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project. The court also ordered the government to publish the total…

The Appeal Court, Abuja Division, has set aside the injunction granted by the High Court of Kogi State restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from the investigation and prosecution of officials of the state. The EFCC had, on Tuesday, February 7,…

There was a mild drama at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday as the resumed Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal stopped a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Oba Maduabuchi, from representing the Labour Party. At the pre-hearing session, Maduabuchi tried to make…