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Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stopped continuation of hearing in a suit filed against Gov. Bello Matawalle over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Ekwo […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, declined to disqualify Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State from participating in the impending governorship election in the state as candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The court, in a […]

United States district judge, Theodore D. Chuang, on Wednesday, has sentenced a Nigerian man, Oluwaseyi Akinyemi, popularly known as “Paddy Linkin” to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, two counts of mail fraud relating […]

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has announced Archbishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate in the 2023 general elections. The party announced the Lagos cleric in a short statement via its Twitter handle […]

An Ikeja High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the Inspector General of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 2, to appear before it over an alleged compromise in investigation. Justice Taiwo Oladokun made the order following an affidavit […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sacked the member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa Assembly, Daniel Charles, over his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The […]

Following a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the ECOWAS Court has “declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration never to repeat it again.” This […]

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has defeated Union Bank at the National Industrial Court (NIC) over its refusal to pay terminal benefits of more than 500 workers of one of its subsidiaries, Union Homes Savings and Loan Plc. […]

Mr Amobi Nzelu, the new lawyer representing convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, yesterday said he had applied to have him produced in court for a £223,000 ransom case. Nzelu said he wrote a letter to the Igbosere High […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly has refuted claims suggesting that its lawmakers secretly passed a Sharia law. In a communique by Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Hon. Setonji David, the legislators said […]