•Martins Amaewhule (L) and Siminalayi Fubara A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji has dismissed the appeal filed by the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, challenging the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while dismissing the appeal awarded ...
•Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), has decried the continued media report saying the state is challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Supreme Court. Ogungbade, in a statement yesterday, wondered why some sections ...
•Naira notes The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency and compels [&hel...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by members of the 9th Governing Council of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) challenging the council’s dissolution. In a judgment today, Tuesday, July 9, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the suit filed by the affected UniAbuja Governing Council members was instituted outside the three [&...
•PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu. The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorcha Ayu, has withdrawn his appeal, which sought to challenge his removal as the party’s national chairman. The executive committee of the PDP in Igyorov ward in Gboko Local Government Area of Kogi State had in 2023 suspended ...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu A State High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has struck out a suit filed by the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum challenging the constitutionality of President Bola Tinubu’s “peace pact” between the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The presiding judge,...

