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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit filed by Sen. Grace Bent against Precious Chikwendu, wife of former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. Justice Obiora Egwuatu threw out the suit for want of diligent prosecution. It would be recalled that…

The Coroner, Mrs O.O. Fajana, presiding over an inquest to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a pupil of Chrisland Schools, Lagos, Whitney Adeniran, has warned against delay in the proceedings. Fajana told parties in the suit to refrain from actions that…

It is another day of legal fireworks at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The tribunal resumed its sitting on Tuesday with the pre-hearing of the petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement…

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify his election victory. Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN,…

The Benin Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has barred Edo Tipper Drivers Association from collecting dues from tipper owners and rivers because it was not a union and lacks the powers to operate like one. The judgment delivered by…

The Rivers State Election Tribunal which was relocated to Abuja due to the heightened tension in the state, resumed sitting on Monday. The tribunal is divided into 5 Panels, with Panel 1, 2, 3 and 4 slated to hear the petitions challenging the…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has initiated extradition proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, against three suspects, Samson Ogoshi, his brother, Samuel, and Ezekiel Ejemeh Robert, over-exploitation of minor and production of…