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The Secretary of the Ebonyi State Election Petition Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla, Wednesday announced that the Tribunal has been directed to relocate to Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with immediate effect. The directive was issued by the President of the Court of Appeal, Monica…

An aggrieved consultants in the Advanced Cargo Declaration/Cargo Tracking Note Scheme, Donnington Nigeria Limited has written the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over the alleged unlawful role played by the Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Electrification Agency(NREA),…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the Adamawa governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Aisha Ahmed Binani, seeking to be affirmed as the winner of the election. Justice Ekwo dismissed the suit…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has struck out an interim order of forfeiture obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. In his ruling, Justice Nicholas…

The incorporated trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to determine whether the arbitrary fine of N5m imposed on Channels Television by…

A fresh motion on notice seeking to stop the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu from being inaugurated as Nigeria’s new President on May 29, 2023, has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The fresh suit is instituted by a presidential candidate in…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained the Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Nuhu Musa, from issuing an Air Operator’s Certificate to the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air. This development came several months after the proposed national airline…

The Kaduna State High Court has nullified the revocation of Durbar Hotel’s Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. In January 2020, Governor El-Rufai demolished Durbar hotel, a property belonging to the family of the late Head…

The Lagos State Government has said it has applied for the Certified True Copy of the court judgment nullifying the appointment of the Lagos State Park Administrators Ad-Hoc Committee by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with the intention to file an appeal. The National Industrial…

A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020 which were considered to infringe on the fundamental human rights of Nigerian citizens. Justice James Omotosho, who struck out the sections in a judgment,…