•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed June 27 to deliver judgment on the suit filed by the suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, challenging her suspension. Akpoti-Uduaghan had approached the court to challenge her suspension by the Senate, led by Godswill A...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed that the issue of Party leadership positions, including that of the National Secretary is entirely an internal affair of the Party requiring only the Party internal mechanism to which the courts have no juris...
•Speaker Martins Amaewhule and Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State Government says it is yet to receive the resolutions of the State House of Assembly regarding the Supreme Court’s judgment delivered on February 28, 2025. On Monday, the Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led assembly had during its sitting issued Governor Siminalayi Fubara a 4...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified that the state will conduct local government elections in 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state. The clarification was coming against the backdrop of the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to the loc...
•Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos will today, Friday, deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, challenging his conviction and sentence on a two count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetra...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the conduct of the state local government polls which has now been conducted. Delivering judgemen...
•APGA national chairman, Edozie Njoku The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, has reminded Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, that a lower court cannot under any guise, review a judgment made by a superior court of competent jurisdiction. Chief Njoku stated this last night while r...
•Commissioner Auwal Danladi Sankara Nasiru Buba, the man who accused Jigawa Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, of having illicit affair with his wife, has rejected the verdict of the Sharia Court which absolved the politician of wrongdoing. It was earlier reported that a Kano Upper Shari’a Court dismissed the adultery case...
The Special Court of Appeal Panel set up to adjudicate on the political cases in Rivers State, has reserved judgment in the consolidated appeals contesting the judgment of Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi announced that judgment in the appeals would [&helli...
•IPOB members The Court of Appeal Abuja has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) challenging its proscription as a terrorist organisation by the federal government. A three-man panel of the court led by Justice Hamma Barka, adjourned the matter for judgment, after the federal government and IPOB, throu...

