Tuesday, 11 February, 2025

Category: Judiciary


The Supreme Court, yesterday, reserved judgment in the appeal the All Progressives Congress, APC, filed to nullify the outcome of the Local Government elections that held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024. A five-member panel of the apex court, Read more…


By: ALOY EJIMAKOR RE: Reasons why Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako can no longer conduct Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s trial This Press Statement is aimed at aiding a comprehensive understanding of the nuanced issues arising in the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Read more…


In 1954 Sir John Verity lost his job because he won an argument. It was in his ninth year in office as Chief Justice of colonial Nigeria. Sir John arrived in Nigeria in October 1945 from the British Guyana, where he Read more…


The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has made it clear that he does not need any clemency from the executive but rather requires the government to uphold the rule of law. In a statement Read more…


The nine Chinese alongside their company, Genting International Company Limited, were arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. Those arraigned before the court were: Su Dong Fu; Zheng Xian Tao; Wang Shi Long; Pan Cai Qi; Ting Liao; Zheng Xian Tao; Fan Read more…


The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has recognized the former national youth, Sunday Ude-Okoye as the national secretary of the opposition party. The BoT, in a communique, issued after a meeting in Abuja, said Ude-Okoye’s recognition complies Read more…


More details have emerged about the circumstances leading to the death by suicide of United States-based Nigerian cardiologist, Dr. Ikenna Erinne. It was learnt that Erinne, 36, died on Sunday, January 26, by shooting himself with a pistol. He was Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Hearing continued last Friday on abduction of the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the last Anambra State governorship election, Mr Obiora Agbasimalo. During the hearing, a staffer of Department of State Security(DSS), H.A Nwagwu, testified in court Read more…


The trial of former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, began on Friday, 31 January 2025, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with witnesses narrating how the defendant, as former Director Read more…


The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed to resist the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which affirmed the proscription of IPOB and its designation as a terrorist organisation. Kanu stated Read more…


Activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore was on Thursday granted N10 million bail following his arrangement over alleged cybercrime offences brought against him by the Inspector General of Police, IGP. He was granted bail by the Federal High Court Read more…


Opposition to the planned 50 per cent telecommunication tariffs hike has thickened with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, informing its affiliate unions and state councils to ensure total mobilization of workers and allies ahead of the February 4, nationwide Read more…