•KASU main gate The Principal District Court of Kaduna State has authorised the Commissioner of Police to re-open the gates of Kaduna State University(KASU), through designated officers and under the supervision of an authorised court official. The order which followed a motion ex parte filed by the university through its management and Govern...
•Ladi Adebutu Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reinstate the name of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, on the Commission’s candidates’ list within 24 hours. Justice Lifu held that INEC has no power to un...
•Faisal, son of Abdurasheed Maina A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Faisal, son of the ex-convict, Abdulrasheed Maina, be committed to a correctional centre to serve his seven-year jail term following his recent re-arrest. Justice James Omotosho gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) fil...
•Omoyele Sowore Supporters of activist Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) and Sahara Reporters publisher, were on rampage at the Federal High Court in Abuja, today, where they destroyed the car of a journalist, Olakunle Olasanmi of LEADERSHIP newspaper. The windshield of the car, a Toyota Venza was shattere...
A businessman, Jonathan Nwanze, has challenged the Nigerian Army’s statutory authority to investigate civilians for alleged financial crimes, including money laundering and terrorism financing. He is seeking N120 million in damages in a fundamental rights suit over his alleged unlawful arrest, detention and invasion of his residence, reports T...
A Kano State High Court No. 11, sitting at Bompai area of kano municipality, has discharged and acquitted a man, Yusuf Nadabo Kawule, who was standing trial for allegedly killing his wife. The court, presided over by Justice Nasir Saminu, freed the defendant after ruling that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish [...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has mocked the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over the Federal High Court judgment that sacked the Senator David Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC), declaring that a party unable to manage its internal affairs cannot govern Nigeria. The ruling party also challenged the opposition party to stop blam...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed objections by six alleged coup plotters to the admission of statements and video recordings made during their interrogation by the military over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government. The judge upheld the federal government’s argument that the d...
•Atiku and ADC logo A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, nullified all the processes of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that led to the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for the 2027 election. Justice Peter Lifu, in a judgment, also nullified the emergence of the former Senate […]...
A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men, Adamu Aliyu, 22, and Mubarak Abdulsalam, 20, to death by hanging for the killing of their employer, Dahiru Musa, 32. The court also sentenced a third defendant, Sadiq Sunusi, 19, to seven years’ imprisonment for abetting the crime and burning the deceased’s corpse, reports Channels TV. […]...

