COURTROOM NEWS

A former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde has sued the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged unlawful arrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ojerinde, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/179/2023 filed…

Hon. Justice Osat Obaseki-Osaghae of the Abuja Judicial division of the National Industrial Court has declared the employment termination of Mr. Idumu Adeoti and 3 others representing themselves and on behalf of 32 others from service of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for “the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to sanction and threaten to revoke the licences of broadcast stations…

The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed an appeal for bail by an associate of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, Sunday Ubua. Delivering Judgement, a three-man panel held that Ubua’s appeal lacks merit. In the lead judgement, Justice Stephen Adah held…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to electronically transmit Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu in a judgment also ordered the use of the…

The Supreme Court has declared Mr David Jimkuta, as the validly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Taraba South Senatorial District. The five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun dismissed the appeal filed by a senatorial…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approached the Court of Appeal Abuja, asking it to set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court, which ordered it to allow electorate with Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) to vote in the Governorship and…

Justice Oyebiola Oyewumi of the National Industial Court, Abuja has threatened to jail the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman over his disobedience to order of the court. The court while issuing an enrolled order, held that the the IGP’s action to…

The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, the National Union of Air Transport Employees and two other trade unions in the aviation industry have dragged the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to…

A  Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, struck out a suit seeking to compel the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to release details of the asset declaration forms of Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and those of his unmarried…