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The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively have approached to Presidential Election Court to seek permission for the inspection of election materials used during last Saturday’s poll. Atiku and Obi refused to concede defeat…

Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto states have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court over the conduct of the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. The suit filed by the Attorneys General of the six states has the…

A Chief Magistrate Court 3 sitting in Bauchi State, presided over by Ahmed Musa, on Tuesday, remanded the publisher of WikkiTimes, an online media outfit in the state, Haruna Mohammed, over charges of allegedly “inciting disturbance of public peace to blackmail” Governor…

The Supreme Court has confirmed a former Commissioner for Environment in Enugu State,  Chijioke Edeoga, as the authentic governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the state. In a judgment delivered Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Evarest Nnaji. In…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the reinstatement of a lecturer of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Dr Ololade Aduwo, who was dismissed in December 2019 by the university authorities over an alleged sex scandal involving a female student, Rachel…

The Court of Appeal Abuja Division has dismissed an appeal by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, where he sought the reversal of an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja refusing his request for bail. In a unanimous…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Friday perpetually restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from engaging the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, led by Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, a.k.a. MC Oluomo, for distributing 2023 election materials and personnel. Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke…

The Yola Division of the Court of Appeal has cleared Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo, who currently represents Adamawa North in the National Assembly, to participate in tomorrow’s National Assembly election as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The appellate court’s verdict nullified…