Court of Appeal, Abuja, has overturned the Federal High Court judgment that nullified portions of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) electoral guidelines for the 2027 general election, affirming the electoral body’s constitutional authority to regulate the conduct of elections. In a Read more…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, in the sum of N2 billion over his ongoing trial for alleged money laundering involving $2.33 million. Justice I. Read more…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), yezterday, elected Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, as its first female president.A notable female legal practitioner, Dame Priscilla Olabori Kuye, had once served as the first female president of the NBA between 1991 and 1992. GeographicReference Kuye, Read more…
An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka has sentenced a popular native doctor, Onyebuchi Okocha, popularly known as “Onyeze Jesus,” to six years’ imprisonment and a N20m fine after finding him guilty under the Anambra Homeland Security Law. Justice Read more…
The charges arrived barely a week after the Nigerian military, in collaboration with other security forces, rescued 44 schoolchildren and teachers abducted by kidnappers in three schools in Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Read more…
Hope of the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) participation in the 2027 general election has been dashed, following the dismissal of the suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and publish Read more…
The Supreme Court has reinstated the final forfeiture of seven high-value properties linked to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, overturning a Court of Appeal judgment that had nullified the order and directed a retrial. In Read more…
Mr Malami and others’ objection to EFCC’s request for an order of final forfeiture, the judge held that the issue before the court was not “who owns the property, but how legitimate are the funds used to acquire the properties.” Read more…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said it will challenge Monday’s Court of Appeal judgment on its ward, local government and state congresses at the Supreme Court, insisting that the verdict does not affect the validity of the direct primaries Read more…
The Presidency on Monday criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his call for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in the state, describing the demand as unnecessary and politically motivated. Makinde, while formally assuming Read more…
The governor reiterated his government has a zero-tolerance stance on political violence. Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called for visa restrictions and economic sanctions against the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, alongside other politicians over their alleged Read more…
A former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr Uche Nnaji, was on Monday, arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering, corruption, forgery and the use of false documents. Nnaji was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Read more…