Incorporated Trustees of Mzough U Tiv, an umbrella body for Tiv nationalities worldwide, has instituted a suit against the Tiv Area Traditional Council (TATC) over alleged cultural practice by the Tiv tribe. The allegation borders on claims that the Tiv man entertains his stranger with his wife, reports The Nation. Lead counsel to Mzough U [&h...
A Kano State High Court has restrained the state government from taking any action against private primary and secondary schools in the state. The ex-parte order restraining the government to maintain the status quo was granted by Justice Nasiru Saminu after hearing a motion ex-parte filed by Barr. AbdulHafees D. Khalid for the applicants. App...
•Prof Paul Nnamchi The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has reinstated the candidate of the Labour Party, Prof Paul Nnamchi as the duly elected House of Representatives member for Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency. In a ruling today, the court overturned the ruling of the Petitions Tribunal which nullified Nnamchi’s election on the groun...
•Emefiele Justice Adegbola Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, has ordered the unconditional and immediate release of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Adeniyi made the order after Emefiele filed a Motion Ex-parte, seeking his release from the custody of the Economic and...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, has affirmed the elections of Senators Ali Ndume representing Borno South and Kaka Lawan, representing Borno Central. The three-member panel headed by Justice Biobele Georgewill held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit, reports Channels TV. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) h...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Isiokpo Division, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, has issued an interim order restraining the Rivers State House of Assembly and the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule, from carrying out any actions with respect to the impeachment of the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Court also restrained the...
•Gabriel Suswam The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked the former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, from the Senate. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Abimbola Adejumo, the court said it was satisfied that Suswam was not the valid winner of the senatorial election that was held in […]
•Sylva The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has reversed the nullification of the candidacy of Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Binta Zubairu, who delivered the lead judgement held that Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, was wrong in ordering the sack of Sylva as a candidate of the APC […]
The United States (U.S.) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has foreclosed the possibility of making public any documents or information relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The FBI stated its position on the issue in a suit it filed before the United States District Court of Columbia by one Aaron Greenspan, who is seeking to […]
The court hearing involving Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the United Kingdom, over bribery allegations has been adjourned to November 2025. The Westminster Magistrates Court adjourned hearing on the suit on Monday, October 30. 63-year-old Alison-Madueke is on trial for allegedly accepting a £...