•Nnamdi Kanu The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Friday December 15, deliver judgment on the appeal seeking to compel the federal government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun had in October fixed the date after counsel for both the [...
•Jailed opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko A Senegalese judge today ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to stand in next year’s presidential election. Sonko was struck off Senegal’s electoral register after being sentenced in June to two years’ imprisonment for morally...
•Emefiele A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has scheduled January 8 for judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi chose the date after lawyers to the parties in the case made their final submissions. Justice ...
•Rivers State High Court A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has barred the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, who is loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from going into the state assembly complex until the burnt chamber is fully renovated by the state […]
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 […]
•Edison Ehie A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has confirmed Edison Ehie as the authentic speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly. Edison Ehie is one of the four lawmakers in the camp of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Ehie was suspended and removed as leader of the House by his colleagues in the wake […]
•Abba Kabir Yusuf The New Nigerian Political Party (NNPP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to influence the ongoing Kano Governorship Supreme Court case. The party’s appeal was made yesterday during its Northwest zone’s special prayer organized to support Kano Governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir’s victory at the Supreme Court, reports Th...
A London Commercial Court presided over by Mr. Justice Robin Knowles has ordered Process & Industrial DevelopÂments Limited (P&ID) to pay £20million Interim Cost to NiÂgeria in respect of the ongoing case of alleged breach of a 2010 gas supply contract. The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbem...
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Federal Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja will today laid the rest the election petition against two former governors of Sokoto State, Aliyu Wamakko and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. This is contained in a statement released by the court and made available to our correspondent by the public relations of the [...
•Makinde The Court of Appeal Abuja has affirmed the April 27 decision of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, ordering the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde to pay the outstanding balance of 3.4 billion naira from the 4.9 billion naira debt, arising from a May 7, 2021, judgment of the Supreme Court. The 4.9 billion […]

