Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

Category: Judiciary


The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened a total boycott of the 2027 general elections across the South-East and other areas unless the Federal Government takes steps to facilitate the hearing of the pending appeal of its detained leader, Nnamdi Read more…


Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has pardoned popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwanyi, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki. Nwanyi, who was among eight native doctors arrested last year for their involvement in the promotion of money rituals, quick Read more…


The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has announced that it will participate in the 2027 general elections following a Court of Appeal judgment setting aside a Federal High Court ruling that ordered its deregistration. The party’s National Leader, Henry Seriake Dickson, Read more…


The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has asked the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), to release his academic records following a legal action instituted by Labour Party chieftain, Abayomi Arabambi, over the alleged refusal of Read more…


The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old woman, Ogechi Ofoma, for allegedly inflicting bodily injuries on her seven-year-old daughter, Oluebube, in the Ibollo community, Awada-Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. Oluebube was allegedly injured with Read more…


A former Kaduna State governorship candidate, Hayatuddeen Lawal Makarfi, has said the experience and reform credentials of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai are too valuable for Nigeria to waste because of political differences. Makarfi, who contested the Kaduna Read more…


“You know, when I first asked and said that PREMIUM TIMES said you are the same person, he said, ‘Yeah, I’m the same person, but I was pardoned.” In June, PREMIUM TIMES published a story that exposed how a former military officer, Read more…


The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu have prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss, in its entirety, a suit filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Action Democratic Congress (ADC). The News Agency Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the new logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) on its official website, following a Federal High Court’s judgment directing the recognition of the party’s modified logo and colour design. The commission also Read more…


• Says justice must be seen done THE Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to refrain from comments capable of prejudicing the ongoing trial of  former Governor Nasir el-Rufai, of Kaduna State or exacerbating Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Federal Government of sustaining the imprisonment of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on the basis of a repealed terrorism law and alleged that delays at the Court of Appeal were frustrating his Read more…


The legal team that handled the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship election case in Osun has distanced itself from a petition purportedly filed by the party and its candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, against Governor Ademola Adeleke. The development has Read more…