Saturday, 23 November, 2024

Category: Judiciary


Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak to intervene in the IPOB helmsman’s issue. Ejimakor said Kanu holds a British passport, hence, Read more…


Former General Secretary, of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has sent warm felicitations to the Eastern Bar Forum ahead of its upcoming Quarterly General Meeting in Anambra State. In a goodwill message, Osigwe hailed the Eastern Bar Read more…


There was an uneasy calm in Kano on Friday, as the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal sacked the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. The court upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which Read more…


The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has expressed optimism that the party will trounce the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) again at the Supreme Court over the Kano state governorship election dispute. He was Read more…


The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, declared the Zamfara state governorship election inconclusive. In a unanimous judgment of the three-member panel of Justices, the appellate court held that the governorship election held in Zamfara State on March Read more…


Shortly after the injunction of the National Industrial Court, restraining Governor Ademola Adeleke from removing the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo, the governor approved the suspension of the CJ. Governor Adeleke who was said to have traveled Read more…


Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has appealed to persons with disabilities in the state to pray for his electoral victory at the court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The Governor made the appeal on Monday during the distribution of Read more…


A Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has taken a swipe at the Body of Senior Advocates following the conduct of one its members in the Imo State gubernatorial election which held yesterday. In a Read more…


The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has affirmed the election of Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party as the governor of Enugu State. The Appellate Court in its unanimous decision resolved all the three issues against the appellant, Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The absence in court of Mrs China Gift Esq., has for the second time, stalled the hearing of the kidnap charge preferred against two suspects, Jude Odimegwu and Nwokolo Maxwell who are currently standing trial before an Read more…


Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday admitted the detained former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to bail pending his arraignment before the court. The Read more…


Appeal court sitting in Lagos has affirmed the election of Honourable Ibori-Suenu Erhiatake (PDP) of Delta State. Rep Erhiatake of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ethiope Federal Constituency floored Ben Rolands Igbakpa and Mr Halims Ahoda of the NNPP and Read more…