•Embattled ex-Governor Yahaya Bello The Court of Appeal in Abuja today did not sit to hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the order of a Kogi High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling on April [&hellip...
Residents of Okuama-Ewu, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, have instituted a N200 billion suit against the Nigerian Army at the Federal High Court, Warri, for cordoning off their community, destroying their homes, dehumanizing and accusing them of 17 military personnel without police investigations. The 17 residents of the Okua...
•PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu. The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorcha Ayu, has withdrawn his appeal, which sought to challenge his removal as the party’s national chairman. The executive committee of the PDP in Igyorov ward in Gboko Local Government Area of Kogi State had in 2023 suspended ...
•Davido and Pinnick Nigerian music sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has reached an agreement to settle the breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by the Amaju Pinnick-led Brownhill Investment Company Limited out of court. It was earlier reported that Pinnick, a former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, call...
•Dr. Olu Agunloye Dr. Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Power and Steel under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, has filed a N1 billion suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations that it published his name on its website’s wanted list. Agunloye, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/167/2024 and filed by his team of...
•Fubara and Wike The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed March 18, 2024, to hear a suit seeking to sack the 27 members of the State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The 27 lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, are loyal to […]
•Nnamdi Kanu A Federal High Court in Abuja today adjourned a N50 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government until April 27 for further mention. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the matter after Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer who appeared for Kanu, informed the court [&...
•Governor Ahmadu Fintiri (L) and Senator Aishatu Dahiru (R) The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, against the governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri. The tribunal and Court of Appeal had dismissed Binani’s petition c...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu A State High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has struck out a suit filed by the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum challenging the constitutionality of President Bola Tinubu’s “peace pact” between the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The presiding judge,...
•Edison Ehie The former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who represented Ahoada East Constituency II, Edison Ehie, has dropped his lawsuit alleging contempt against 25 of the 27 members who defected from PDP to APC last year. Ehie’s action seemingly brings an end to the political unrest gripping the state, reports The […]...

