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Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from engaging the services of the chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, to distribute election…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful directive banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 banknotes, contrary to the interim injunction granted by the Supreme Court that the old N200, N500,…

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) challenging the judgment of Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court, in Lagos over remittances to fund. Justice Saidu had in his judgment…

Ten states in the country have asked the Supreme Court to set aside the ban by President Muhammadu Buhari on use of the old N500 and N1,000 notes as legal tenders. The states, in suit No SC/CV/162/2023, filed on  their behalf by Mr…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking to disqualify the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Atiku…

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Lawal Adamu Usman as the Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP for Kaduna Central Senatorial District of Kaduna State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, dismissed the appeal filed by…

A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, on Friday, struck out the suit seeking the disqualification of all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State from taking part in the 2023 elections. The suit, which was instituted by the Enugu…

A former Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the First Lady, Zainab Kassim has filed a suit for the enforcement of her fundamental rights against the President’s wife, Aisha Buhari, while demanding N100m as damages from her and other…

One of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Taraba State, David Sabo-Kente, has filed a suit against the APC and Senator Emmanuel Bwacha for violating the Supreme Court judgement which nullified the candidacy of Bwacha as the governorship candidate…

A Benue State High Court has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from either expelling or disqualifying Governor Samuel Ortom from contesting in the forthcoming senatorial race. Ortom seeks to contest to represent Benue North-West Senatorial District in the Senate. The restraining order made on…