•Falana, Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan Controversial social media critic Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has applied to the Lagos State High Court for leave to appeal the ruling delivered on October 14, 2024, by Justice M.O. Dawodu in favour of human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, [&he...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles Nigeria were awarded three goals and three points, and Libya was fined $50,000 as the Confederation of African Football finally announced its verdict on the botched 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Group D qualifying fixture scheduled for October 15 in Benina, Libya, yesterday. The verdict followed an intense and seemin...
Opposition Lawmakers Coalition under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) today rejected the Federal High Court judgement declaring the decampment of twenty-seven sacked Rivers State lawmakers as a pre-election issue. The federal lawmakers who expressed overwhelming support for Governor Simi Fubara in a statement made avai...
•Abba Kyari The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, seeking to quash the drug trafficking charge filed against him. In a judgement, a three-member panel of the appellate court dismissed Kyari’s appeal for lacking in merit, reports Channels TV. Justice Adebukol Banjoko, who ...
The Spanish Football Federation today accepted Atletico Madrid’s appeal against a partial stadium ban after racial abuse directed at Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams. Atletico were initially ordered to partially close their stadium for two La Liga matches following monkey chants heard by Spain international Williams at Atletico’s Metropoli...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a notice of withdrawal to discontinue an appeal against an order of a Kogi High Court restraining it from arresting the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. In the notice filed on April 22, the EFCC said the withdrawal is predicated on the fact […]
A constitutional lawyer and human rights crusader, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja, to dismiss an appeal filed by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to challenge a lower court’s judgement that nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020. It would be recalled that Justice James Omoto...
•Jacob Zuma South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma today filed an appeal against a decision by electoral officials barring him from running in elections as tensions mount ahead of the May polls. The electoral commission last week excluded the 81-year-old politician, who is campaigning for a new opposition party, over a 2021 contempt of cou...
•Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over his unlawful arrest and detention by the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS). Delivering […]
•Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe The Supreme Court today dismissed the federal government’s appeal to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision which cleared former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, of false asset declaration. In 2015, Orubebe was arraigned for not disclosing his properties in the asset de...