Wednesday, 27 November, 2024

Category: Judiciary


The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo on Sunday said the Supreme Court will find President Bola Tinubu not guilty of certificate forgery. In a lengthy tweet he posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), Keyamo made the Read more…


A clergyman, Paul Oyewole, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly threatening to kill a Magistrate, Mrs Mosunmola Ikujuni.Oyewole was alleged to have threatened to kill the Magistrate if she refuses to listen to his warning. The Read more…


Determined to remove President Bola Tinubu from office, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has applied for leave of the Supreme Court to file what he termed as fresh evidence. Atiku, in the motion Read more…


The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Abia chapter has lost in its bid to nullify the election of Gov Alex Otti, met the brick wall on Friday as the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal dismissed its petition. Justice H.T.D Gwadah, dismissed the Read more…


The Supreme Court will on December 15 deliver its judgment in the appeal filed by the Federal Government against the discharge and release of detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court on Read more…


The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has in response to an appeal by his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, to join in the legal battle challenging President Tinubu’s credentials said he was focused on reclaiming his Read more…


On Wednesday, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, charged judges to severe ties with anything that will smear their hands and bring them into disrepute during their assignment. According to the CJN, the Bench is neither for Read more…


A Special Court Martial set up by the Nigerian Army has found the former Group Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Major General Umar Muazu Mohammed guilty of 14 of 18 count charges which are Read more…


After back and forth, the Chicago State University (CSU) released the academic records of President Bola Tinubu to his political opponent, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 Read more…


AN Anambra High Court sitting in Nnewi has remanded two persons suspected to have a hand in the missing governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2021 Anambra State poll, Chief Obiora Agbasimelo. The suspects, Jude Chukwudi Odimegwu Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured an arrest warrant for former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC Acting spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday. Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has also initiated Read more…


Minister of Justice,  Lateef Fagbemi, has distanced the Federal Government from the N50 billion planned non prosecution plea bargain with the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was reported to have entered a plea bargain with Read more…