A woman that has children for her husband and had married him before a house is built has the right to live in the house with her children even after divorce under the provisions of the Married Woman Property Act Read more…
Category: Judiciary
The Nigerian judiciary has lost another eminent jurist with the death of Justice Theresa Ngolika Orji-Abadua, the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Benin Division, who passed away this morning at the age of 64, according to sources close Read more…
A forensic analyst Bamaiyi Haruna has revealed to The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court that the document indicating the approval of $6.2m for foreign election observers during President Buhari’s administration was forged. The document examiner with the Economic and Read more…
The Anambra State Government has opposed the trial of the immediate-past governor of the state, Willie Obiano, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC on January 24 arraigned Obiano on nine charges bordering on N4bn theft. In the Read more…
Hon. Dennis Idahosa, a member of the House of Representatives, has filed suit FHC/ABJ/CS/274/2024 at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to declare Sen. Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the Read more…
The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two top Russian military commanders, accusing them of committing war crimes amid the Ukrainian conflict. The two top officers, Lieutenant-General Sergey Kobylash of the Long-Range Aviation fleet and Read more…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, again adjourned a fresh N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government until March 18 for hearing. The News Agency of Read more…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed charges against 19 Bureau de Change (BDC) operators after the Police withdrew the case. The BDC operators, who were arrested on February 21, during a joint operation conducted by Police operatives, the Read more…
Cattle dealers at the Umuchieze Garki cattle market have dragged the Abia State government to court , claiming that they have a right to reside inside the market, while the government forges ahead with its plan to remodel the market Read more…
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has reassigned the case file of the criminal charge filed against the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, and two other alleged N4.8 billion fraud to Justice Oyindamola Read more…
A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, was on Tuesday, Feb. 27, arraigned before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter. The defendant is facing two Read more…
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed March 19, 2024, for a ruling in the application by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be admitted Read more…