•Turaki and PDP logo A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and publish the names of the Kabiru Turaki-led interim National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Delivering judgment, Justice Salim Ibrahim held that the plai...
•Dumo Lulu-Briggs and NDC logo A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has dismissed a suit challenging the emergence of Dumo Lulu-Briggs as the governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), after the plaintiff applied to discontinue the case. The suit was filed by Kings Unyeawaji, an aspirant of the NDC, against the party, [&...
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has adjourned further hearing in a suit filed by the Supreme Egbesu Assembly (SEA) against the Federal Government and the National Assembly over resource control and the proposed creation of additional local government areas in Bayelsa State to July 1. Justice N. Ayo Emmanuel fixed the new date [&helli...
•Jonathan The Federal High Court sitting in the FCT has dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify ex-President Goodluck Jonathan from participating in the 2027 presidential election. It described the suit as an abuse of court processes and awarded N20 million in costs against the plaintiff in favour of Jonathan. … developing story ...
•Sam Altman and Elon Musk Deliberations begin today in the blockbuster trial pitting Elon Musk against AI giant OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, whom Musk accuses of abandoning the company’s founding mission. The three-week trial in Oakland, outside San Francisco, has seen a parade of Silicon Valley titans take the stand, with Musk arguing [&hel...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, rejected an application seeking to halt proceedings in a suit seeking the deregistration of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party (AP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Action Alliance Party (AAP) over alleged constitutional breaches. Also, the court set May 15 as a definite hearing date in a su...
•Jonathan A federal high court in Abuja will tomorrow hear a suit seeking to stop former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Justice Peter Lifu had on April 28 ordered that hearing notices be served on the defendants after they failed to file responses in the matter, reports The Guardian. The [&...
•Dumebi Kachikwu The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has welcomed the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissing a suit filed by former presidential aspirant, Dumebi Kachikwu, and four others against the party. This comes as the party also vowed not to allow its members, supporters, and facilities to become targets of political v...
•Mike Ozekhome, SAN Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama has struck out a suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) against Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The ICPC had filed a three-count charge of alleged forgery against Ozekhome on Janua...
•Atiku, Amaechi and Obi The Federal High Court in Abuja has slated February 24 to commence hearing of a suit that seeks to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC), whose membership strength includes a coalition of opposition politicians working to thwart President Bola Tin...
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