The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the federal government to file nine new grounds of appeal against the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi. A five-member panel of Justices of the apex Read more…
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out an interim order of forfeiture obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking to seize 14 properties linked to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi Read more…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of bias, insisting that it ought to maintain neutrality in electoral contest between candidates. Obi, in a reply he filed before Read more…
A new suit seeking to halt the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s new President on May 29, 2023, has been filed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 filed by Hope Democratic Party Read more…
Hope of the outgoing minister of aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika to float a new national carrier, Nigeria Air before the government exits the stage on May 29th has again been dashed as the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has Read more…
Mr. Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communication to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the National Assembly to publish report of its investigation on the N52bn Special Works Programme implemented by Read more…
Even though it quickly retracted the charges it filed against Seplat Energy Plc at the Federal High Court in Abuja on April 6, 2023, many feel that the action of the Nigerian Immigration Service is enough to affect foreign direct Read more…
A Federal High Court, FHC, Abuja has nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, 2020 which were considered to infringe on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizens. Justice James Omotosho, who struck out the Read more…
A civil society and good governance advocacy organisation, Make a Difference Initiative (MADI) has dismissed the claims by Seplat Energy PLC that the Federal Government of Nigeria had withdrawn the four-count criminal charges in suit No. FHC/AB/CR/149/2023 slammed against the Read more…
Barely two weeks after it instituted a legal action against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy PLC; Mr. Roger Brown as well as the oil firm for allegedly breaching the extant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2015, the Read more…
The prospects of a judicial victory over the lingering court cases with OPL 245 are slim, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari. He recommended that all court cases relating Read more…
A Magistrate Court in Asaba, Delta State has ordered the remand of a dismissed police Inspector, Ubi Ebri for alleged murder. Ebri was arraigned on Wednesday on one count of murder, in charge number CMA/135c/2023 brought by the Commissioner of Read more…