COURTROOM NEWS

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has fixed Wednesday to consider the merit of the application the Independent National Electoral Commission filed to be allowed to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, used for the just concluded presidential election. After the three-man panel of…

The Supreme Court, Abuja on Monday, affirmed the nomination of Dauda Lawal-Dare as the validly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State for the March 11 governorship election. In a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel of justices of the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively, to inspect materials used for the…

The hearing of the Coroner Inquest set up to ascertain the cause of death of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School pupil, Whitney Adeniran, who died on February 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports activities at Agege Stadium, Lagos will commence hearing…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today approach the Court of Appeal seeking to set aside an earlier ruling concerning the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and other sensitive materials used for the February 25 presidential election. A senior official of the…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has barred Denco Nigeria Wire and Cable Ltd from further usage of the Trademarks belonging to Havells India Limited; a world renowned electrical and electronics manufacturer and the owner of some prestigious global brands like Havells,…

The High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital has continued sitting with Justice Adolphus Enebeli presiding to further hear proceedings on the civil suit filed against Dozzy Oil and Gas Limited and SunGreen Oil and Gas Limited (a sister company to…

Seven state governments under the control of the Peoples Democratic Party have withdrawn their suit filed before the Supreme Court against the Federal Government challenging the results of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. The states, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta,…

The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party has secured a court order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to upload all results on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) after collation by presiding officers in each polling unit. The party had approached…

The Court of Appeal on Friday granted request of Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party and his counterpart, Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to inspect documents used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the…