Friday, 18 April, 2025

Category: Judiciary


The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has filed a contempt suit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others over her six-month suspension without pay from the Senate. Others listed in the Form 48 contempt charge, filed Read more…


President Bola Tinubu stressed the need for upholding the rule of law in Rivers State to guarantee long-term peace and prosperity during his meeting with South-South political leaders in Abuja on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Special Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The recent ban on public preaching in Anambra State, coupled with a hefty fine of ₦500,000.00 for defaulters, is another alarming overreach that raises serious concerns about religious freedom. Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq. (KSC) stated this yesterday Read more…


The family of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called for sanctions against Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and Justice Binta Nyako, accusing them of blatant disobedience to Read more…


Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, March 10, at 10:00 AM. This invitation was conveyed in a letter signed by Read more…


By Our Judiciary CorespondentA High Court of Anambra state of Onitsha Judicial division presided over by his Lordship Honourable Justice T. U. Oguji on Tuesday the 4th day of February, 2025 slammed a total some of #6million on an Onitsha-base Read more…


A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to fraud involving the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Ayokunle Faji stated that Read more…


The Supreme Court has stated that there was no iota or shred of evidence to support the claim of defection made against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the Read more…


A Russian court has sentenced a British mercenary to 19 years in prison for fighting for Ukraine and committing a “terrorist act” in Kursk Region. In a statement on Wednesday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said that British citizen James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, “took direct Read more…


A charity foundation and rights group based in the United States,Tilova for Africa has said it will pay for services of lawyers who will defend the rights of native doctors arrested and detained by the Anambra State government. Martins Nwabueze, the Read more…


Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to immediately take over the administration of the 23 local government areas pending the conduct of fresh elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned former Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, his son, Chinedum Orji and three others, Dr. Phillip Nto, Onwumene King Obioma, and Romanus K. Madu, before an Abia State High Court, Read more…