•Kalu Kalu and Atiku Abubakar A lawyer to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kalu Kalu, has argued that the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja does not invalidate Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy for the 2027 presidential election. Kalu made the position known on Channels Television last night, after the ...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Wike A legal practitioner Victor Opatola has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has contravened section 125 (1a) of the electoral act by promising to give N10 million to each councillor who wins his or her ward for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. […]
•Ifeanyi Ejiofor A legal practitioner and political analyst, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has criticised members of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) over their reported endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a second term in office. Ejiofor described the introduction of religious endorseme...
•Omoyele Sowore The method adopted by the Department of State Services (DSS) in making public the suspension of the cyberbullying charges against the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was faulted yesterday. Mr Olumide Fusika, SAN, the lead counsel to Sowore, knocked the procedure while addressing a press con...
•Tinubu, FBI operatives and US court President Bola Tinubu has filed a challenge in a US court to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and DEA from releasing records linked to allegations of drug trafficking. The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [&h...
•Jonathan Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has rebuked Johnmary Jideobi, the plaintiff, and his lawyer, Ndubuisi Ukpai, over lack of diligence in pursuing the suit filed, seeking to stop former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Justice Lifu, who described the plaintiff’s and his law...
•Mahamat Idriss Deby of Chad Eight Chadian opposition leaders arrested at the end of last month were jailed for eight years today, their lawyer told our correspondent, the latest detentions of President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s critics. The defendants, all members of the only political movement to have systematically challenged Deby’s election, h...
A lawyer, Dr Sheriff Adesanya, has sued Air Peace Limited at Federal High Court in Lagos over a “seat-only” business-class upgrade policy allegedly operated by the airline. The suit, FHC/L/CS/364/2026 and pending before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, raises questions about airline transparency, passenger rights, and consumer protection in aviation...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticised Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja for ordering a lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, to kneel in court. Abubakar, the lead defence lawyer to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, drew the ire of the judge when he raised his voice while making submissions in [&hel...
•Nasir El-Rufai and ICPC operative Lawyer to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of spreading unverified allegations linking their client to multi-billion-naira properties in Egypt, describing the claims as part of a politically motivated campa...
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