•Manchester City chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak Manchester City are expected to dispute claims over the source of funding for several of the club’s sponsorship agreements as they prepare to appeal findings that they breached the Premier League’s financial regulations. An independent commission found City guilty of all charges relating to allege...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by former National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, in the latest legal battle over the party’s leadership. The development reinforces the position of Prof. Abubakar Sadiq Gombe as the party’s national chairman following the apex court’s earlier judgment in May 2026, reports ...
A day after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) appealed the verdict of a Federal High Court that voided its timeline on party register and election guidelines, seeking a stay of execution of that judgment, another Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday upheld INEC’s authority to fix timelines for political party primaries ahea...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has rejected what it described as a “seriously flawed judgment” of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, in the ₦5.5 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the organisation by two officials of the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court...
•Senegal team Senegal’s football authorities said they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the country was stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title. “The Senegalese Football Federation condemns this unjust, unprecedented and unacceptable decision, which brings African football into disrepute,” it said in a statement. “To...
•Security personnel block the entrance following the commencement of the strike by the workers The Chairman of the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC), Riftkatu Iortyer, and Secretary, Abdullahi Saleh, have filed an application at the Court of Appeal, Abuja seeking leave to challenge the interlocutory ruling of the National Industrial Court wh...
•Fayose The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced plans to appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, which today acquitted and discharged former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, of alleged ₦6.9 billion fraud. In a statement posted via its official X handle, the Commission said it is re...
•Palestinians and Hamas fighters UK-based lawyers said they have asked the British government to lift a ban on the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a petition that has drawn sharp criticism from opposition politicians. The legal submission argues the ban contravenes Britain’s human rights commitments, with the militants insisting on “the legi...
•Barcelona forward Daniel Olmo controls the ball challenged by Atletico Madrid midfielder Axel Witsel Spain’s La Liga yesterday filed an appeal and requested precautionary measures against the ruling issued by the Spanish sports council (CSD) authorising Barcelona players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor to play until the end of the season. La Liga i...
•Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State As part of the effort to prevent the outbreak and spread of cholera, residents of Bayelsa State have called on the state government to ensure the availability of potable water for residents. Speaking during a roundtable organised by a nongovernmental organisation, Woman Organised for Mentorship and Advocac...
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