WHAT qualifies a man to lay claim to paternity of children born to him, according to Igbo custom and tradition? This contentious issue was triggered by a recent judgment of an Akure Magistrate Court which declared as “barbaric, evil and Read more…
Category: Judiciary
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, in separate judgements on Tuesday, affirmed the nullification of the election of three members of the House of Representatives that emerged on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State. Read more…
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reaffirmed the victory of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the All Progressives Congress APC, representing Abia-North Senatorial zone in the February 25 polls. In a unanimous ruling on Monday the Appeal court presided Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, did not bring the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to court. This was in defiance to an order by the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday, Read more…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential Election, Mr Peter Obi, has described Nigeria’s democracy as the victim of the Supreme Court judgement of October 26th, 2023, wherein the Court affirmed President Bola Tinubu as the Read more…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries in Nigeria are missing Read more…
The National Industrial Court in Owerri has issued a fresh interim injunction restraining the Organised Labour from embarking on any kind of strike in Imo state until further notice. The court warned against disobedience of its order,saying that it would Read more…
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Friday ordered the arrest of the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto, for allegedly refusing to appear in court for his fraud trial. Justice Ijelu Read more…
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release with immediate effect the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Read more…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an appeal brought before it by former Senator Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of Senator Ireti Kingibe, as the Senator representing the Federal Capital Read more…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the October 9 judgment given by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying the nomination of Timipre Sylva as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Read more…
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