The recent judgment by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, deregistering the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord and others, is as intriguing as it is unsettling. On one side, many Nigerians see a conspiracy. ADC leaders frame the Read more…
An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka, and presided over by Justice Jude Obiora, on Friday, granted a bail in the sum of N50million and a surety in like sum to an Nnewi-based native doctor, Ikechukwu Ezenagu, popularly known Read more…
Justice Salim Ibrahim gave the order after counsel to the plaintiffs, Gordy Uche, SAN, informed the court that the suit is time-bound. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered an accelerated hearing in a suit filed by Adolphus Read more…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated President Bola Tinubu and mnister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on the inauguration of the newly completed Court of Appeal Complex with state-of-the-art amenities. The ruling party also applauded both Read more…
A London jury has acquitted former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke of all six bribery-related charges after a high-profile corruption trial that lasted several weeks. Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been cleared of all bribery charges brought Read more…
Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has rejected Peter Obi’s demand for a retraction and apology over claims relating to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) primary elections. In a response to Obi’s pre-action notice, Okonkwo said Read more…
By Chukwudi Ebele Human Rights Lawyer and Social Critic Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq in his recent article titled ‘WHEN JUSTICE IS HURRIED, LIBERTY IS BURIED: A SOBERING REFLECTION ON PROLONGED DETENTION, COERCED GUILTY PLEAS, AND THE EROSION OF CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS Read more…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered the stay of execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which on Monday deregistered the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and four other political parties. The controversial judgment which directed the Read more…
The Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) as political parties in Nigeria. Read more…
The legal wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has threatened to haul former actor and politician Kenneth Okonkwo before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), accusing him of conduct unbecoming of a lawyer following what it described as repeated and Read more…
During a Channels TV’s programme reviewed by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Okonkwo alleged that Mr Obi and South-east caucus of the NDC demanded N10 million bribe from House of Representatives aspirants in the party to secure tickets for them. The 2027 Read more…
Senator Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has instituted a suit against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding recognition of its interim National Working Committee (NWC). The BoT and the PDP, in a fresh suit, sought Read more…