The defamation suit filed by the Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq against former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki came up on Friday at the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. While the court refused the prosecution’s request that a Read more…
A source at the ICPC told PREMIUM TIMES that the commission secured a remand warrant from a court to detain Mr Nnaji for up to 14 days at first instance. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s media aide, Paul Ibe, has criticised former senator Shehu Sani over his reaction to the Federal High Court judgment affirming the leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Ibe argued that some members of the Read more…
Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew has declared his readiness to defend himself in court over the controversy surrounding the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, insisting that the judiciary should determine the merits of the allegations against him. Speaking on Channel TV Politics Today, Read more…
.. Pledges defence of fundamental rights and service to humanity By Uzo Ugwunze Human Rights Lawyer and Social Critic Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq has pledged more commitment in deploying the instrumentality of the law to defend the oppressed, protect the Read more…
A high court in Anambra state has granted Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), leave to serve court processes on Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), through substituted means in an N8 billion “defamation” Read more…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, leave to submit evidence of her acquittal by a United Kingdom court in her ongoing trial in Nigeria initiated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Read more…
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arraigned five associates of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Silva, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations that they concealed information about the whereabouts of their principal, who the Read more…
By Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Nnew Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (NCCIMA) has flagged off the Igbo Apprenticeship Programme (Igba-Boyi. The community and its environs popularly known as the Japan of Africa is one of the major commercial Read more…
The decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, to set aside its earlier judgment recognising the Nigeria Democratic Coalition (NDC), yesterday continued to receive widespread condemnation.The presiding judge, Justice Isah Dashen, on Friday set Read more…
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, set aside its earlier judgement directing INEC to register NDC as a political party. The presidential candidate of the The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has expressed Read more…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected Friday’s Federal High Court ruling vacating the judgment that led to its registration, insisting the party remains legally recognised and announcing plans to immediately challenge the decision at the Court of Appeal. In Read more…