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The State High Court sitting in Makurdi has adjourned further hearing of the suit seeking to remove the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu to April 28, 2023. The presiding judge, Justice Kpochi however stated that he…

Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has refused to vacate an interim order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure, the National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as leaders of…

The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja has granted an ex-parte application brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, for a substituted service of his petition on the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In the…

The Ondo State High Court sitting in Ondo town, has ordered the deposition of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government of the state, Oba Babajide Oluwole. The court nullified the appointment of the traditional ruler on the basis that he…

The federal government has instituted legal action against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown as well as the oil firm, for allegedly breaching the extant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2015. Sued alongside the CEO was the…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has nullified and set aside the Ward and Local Government congresses purportedly conducted on February 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State. The congresses were for the purpose of nominating…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has admitted its candidate and President-elect, Bola Tinubu, indeed forfeited the sum of $460,000 to the government of the United States of America, USA, in 1993 following drug trafficking allegation. It, however, refuted claim that Tinubu was convicted…