Wednesday, 28 October, 2026

Category: Judiciary


From Ifeoma Ejiofor There was drama at the Anambra State High Court, Awka, on Tuesday, as persons suspected to be supporters and church members of the General Overseer of Dayspring Assembly, Awada-Obosi, Pastor Harrison Anazodo, attacked journalists and cameramen while Read more…


A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has filed a $57 million lawsuit against Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode and DCI Group over alleged defamation and conspiracy to kidnap and physically Read more…


The Supreme Court has restored key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 on party membership registers and candidate nominations, creating fresh grounds for challenges to the 2027 tickets of the APC, PDP, NDC and other parties. The ruling does not Read more…


The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly posed as Director General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), in Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged forgery and impersonation. Justice Muhammed Umar made Read more…


Following a careful study of the multiple alleged infractions, including allegations bordering on criminal conduct and clear issues of professional misconduct, attributed to Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation since his departure from office , for which he is Read more…


The Okwu-Kanu family has called for the hearing of the appeal of the Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, while questioning the legal basis of his conviction and sentence by the Federal High Court. Prince Emmanuel Read more…


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…