Thursday, 28 November, 2024

Category: Judiciary


The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Read more…


Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),Chief Mike Ahamba has given reasons President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might be unable to order the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. In an interview with Stanley Uzoaru, the Read more…


The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, CFR, has endorsed the judgement of an Edo State High court which ordered Madam Enoghayin and Miss Otasowie Ogiemwonyi to take legal and physical possession of late Mr Washington Osaretin Ogiemwonyi’s property known Read more…


The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Achigili Raph Ogili and two others, Sunday Okpara and Rasaq Abdulrahaman Dabiri, over allegations of conspiracy and falsification of Read more…


In a panel discussion held today during the ongoing NBA-SBL Conference in Lagos, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mazi Afam Osigwe, passionately advocated for the establishment of an African Arbitration Center. The panel session which centered around the theme “Forging Read more…


A 68-year-old Meadville woman with arthritis and other chronic health problems — including anxiety severe enough that she had an emotional support dog with her in court — has been sentenced to two years of probation for acting as a Read more…


A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Kolawole Omotosho granted Kyari bail under stringent conditions. However, he still has a criminal case before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Read more…


The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned ex-Governor Abdullahi for questioning over the controversial dollar videos. In 2017, Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The ex-governor Read more…


The petitions, which are seeking to invalidate the outcome of the presidential election that held on February 25, were filed before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, Read more…


President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, tendered 17 sets of exhibits in evidence to defend his eligibility to contest the presidential election that was held on February 25. Tinubu, who maintained that he is the bonafide winner of the presidential contest, Read more…


Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has awarded N5.5 million damages in favour of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The court also granted Read more…


The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), yesterday, admitted in evidence, a certified true copy of a final report by the European Union Electoral Observer Mission on the 2023 general elections. The mission accredited 110 observers from 25 EU member states, as Read more…