•Sule Lamido Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, came under attack from a socio-cultural group – Arewa New Frontiers (ANF) for criticising the initiative of some northern governors in seeking foreign help to solve the insecurity challenges facing the region. The group told Lamido to leave the governors alone in their bid to find [&he...
•Ganduje A High Court in Kano State, on Tuesday, fixed May 27, 2024, to hear three applications regarding the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. It will be recalled that on April 17, the court granted an order directing parties to maintain the status quo […]
•Nnamdi Kanu with his lawyers The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has advised the Abuja High Court judge, Justice Binta Nyako, to redeem her image and hands off its leader’s court trial. Spokesperson of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement yesterday said recusing herself from the case would be well accepted, insisting that it had […]...
•Jacob Zuma The electoral commission said today it had appealed to South Africa’s highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May as political tensions heighten. The vote is expected to be the most competitive since the 1994 advent of democracy in South Africa, and Zuma’s presence […]...
•Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan in court with an EFCC operative A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the tax evasion case involving Binance Holdings Limited and its executives. The Federal Inland Revenue Service had dragged the firm to court for tax evasion, reports The PUNCH. Also joined in the suit are officials of the company, [&he...
•Britain’s Prince Harry Prince Harry will find out today whether he has won his case against the UK government after his taxpayer-funded protection was removed when he quit royal duties. The youngest son of King Charles III sensationally left Britain in 2020 with his wife Meghan, eventually settling in California in the United States, reports ...
•Photographs showing late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny A court in the Russian Far North will next month hear a case brought by the mother of dead opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been prevented from seeing his body, his allies said today. Lyudmila Navalnaya has travelled to the remote IK-3 prison where her son […]
•Bakare and Sowore The federal government has discontinued the trial of politician and media owner, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, (aka Mandate). The government’s decision to discontinue the trial was communicated to the Federal High Court in Abuja via a notice, dated February 14 but filed the next day by the Attorney Ge...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu Damian Okoro, the counsel for Governor Siminalaye Fubara, is yet to withdraw a suit filed to restrain the Rivers State House of Assembly from impeaching his client. At the Isiokpo Division of the Rivers State High Court, under the auspices of Justice Ben Whyte, when the case with suit number IHC/230/2023 […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has transferred to the Lagos State High Court a suit by Sparrow Global Logistics & Energy Services Ltd seeking to recover a disputed $187, 000 debt from a foreign-owned firm, Niger Star 7 Ltd. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa made the order after hearing arguments from Kolawole Uzamot, who led Chioma […]