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The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia today granted the prayers of the Labour Party and Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, to jointly inspect the election materials with the Peoples Democratic Party. The court further directed that the Independent National Electoral Commission should…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has stopped the Nigerian Army and ministry of Defence, among others, from trespassing and forcibly taking over plots of land located at highbrow Maitama Extension, popularly known as Maitama Aliero. In a suit marked…

A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State has restrained the deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, from participating in the APC governorship primary election in the state on April 14, 2023. In an order…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Others stopped from parading themselves as national…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought a permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government of large sums of cash linked to Mr Moses Jitoboh, former Aides-De-Camp (ADC) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The EFCC, through its lawyer, Chris Mshelia, is making the…

Daniel Bwala, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has sued the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, over an alleged unpaid debt of N120 million. The debt, Bwala…

The coroner inquiring into the cause of death of a 12-year-old Chrisland School pupil, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, has granted permission to the school to engage an independent forensic pathologist to conduct another autopsy on the remains of the deceased. Magistrate Olabisi Fajana granted…

The Federal High Court Lagos has granted an order of interim forfeiture of the sum of N725 million and property located in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi, Lagos, allegedly diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Both are to…

Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on Monday reinstated Abok Ayuba as Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly. Ayuba was impeached on Oct. 28, 2021 by members of the State Assembly. Ayuba, however, challenged his impeachment which he described as illegal, saying that it contravened…

An Ondo State High Court in Akure has ordered the state government and the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, to pay N30 million to a 36-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Olusegun Oluwarotimi, for illegally shooting him. Justice O.M. Adejumo, who delivered the judgment on Wednesday,…