The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) today vowed to challenge the judgment nullifying its registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), insisting that it would exercise its constitutional right of appeal. Reacting to the ruling, the party’s spokesman, Osa Director, said the NDC was still awaiting the certified copy of ...
•Peter Obi flies NDC flag A Federal High Court in Lokoja today set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. Justice Isah Dashen, the presiding judge held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decisio...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of the judgment that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties. In a unanimous decision today, a three-member panel led by Justice A. B. Mohammed condemned Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal Hi...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed today Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for the final judgment in the trial of five suspected terrorist accused of the bloody attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The court had earlier reserved judgment yesterday, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, after both the prosecution and […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved judgment to a date to be communicated to the parties in the ongoing trial of five men being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022, attack on the St Francis Catholic Church in […]
•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the Federal High Court judgment which nullified its revised timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2027 general elections. INEC, in a notice of appeal dated and filed on May 25 through its lawyer, Alex Izinyon, S...
•ADC spokesman Bolaji Abdullahi A mass exodus is looming in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a result of the court verdict on the timelines issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries and the nomination of candidates. Recall that Justice Mohammed Umar of a Federal High Court in [&hell...
The Supreme Court has affirmed November 22, 2024 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which upheld an arbitral award against Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (EMTSL) – doing business as 9Mobile – in favour of two aggrieved investors. The arbitral award, made on September 26, 2022, required EMTSL to refund the $43,033,95...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgment barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from validating the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appellate court delivered the judgment with members of the opposition party from both divides present in court. … developing storyÂ
•Suspended DCP Abba Kyari The Federal High Court in Abuja, today, fixed February 26, 2026, for judgment in a case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended Deputy Commisdioner of Police Abba Kyari. The NDLEA is prosecuting Kyari, the former head of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and his two younger [...
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