The leadership of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have been given a window period of 21 days for the elections petition tribunal to fix a date for the hearing of his case. This was disclosed by Read more…
Category: Judiciary
What would ordinarily be dismissed as election season banters and vulgar abuse have for the 2023 general elections degenerated to the perfunctory recourse to and normalization of hate speech as a tool for political engagement. This worrisome development is rife Read more…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova may have committed war crimes by “deporting” and “transferring” children from Ukraine. Moscow has dismissed the move as preposterous and not Read more…
he Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the federal government and security agencies to arrest and prosecute those threatening and intimidating Ndigbo living in various parts of the country especially Lagos and Rivers States ahead of the Governorship and State Read more…
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police to pay an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, the sum of N5 million as compensation. Clement was allegedly assaulted by officials Read more…
A former Commissioner for Transport in Imo State, Laz Anyanwu, was on Tuesday sentenced to three years imprisonment. Anyanwu, who served during the administration of ex-governor Rochas Okorocha, was sentenced after he was found guilty of the charges preferred against Read more…
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday reserved judgement on the bail application of the detained member of the House of Representatives, Chinyere Igwe, who is standing trial for money laundering. The lawmaker, who represents the Port Read more…
The wife of a senior Nigerian politician accused of plotting to arrange an illegal organ transplant has denied involvement in the donor search. Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, is accused of conspiring with others to bring a street trader from Nigeria to Read more…
The Presidency, Monday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not instruct or direct the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, to disobey Read more…
The legal team of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi have vowed to take action against the the Indepedent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu following the deliberate refusal of the Commission to allow the Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially recognised Obong Akanimo Udofia as the duly nominated candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the governorship election in Akwa Ibom State. The commission listed the name and particulars of Udofia Read more…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the nomination of Senator Rufa’i Hanga as the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the February 25 National Assembly election. In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five- member panel of the Read more…