The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit against the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Costal Road project, filed by some indigenes and other concerned property owners of Okun-Ajah Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. Justice Akintayo Aluko ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction and promptly transferr...
•Ighodalo and Okpebholo The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has affirmed Senator Monday Okpebholo as the Edo State governor. The Tribunal also dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo. … developing storyÂ
•Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed suit instituted by some state Attorneys General challenging the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act. The suit, which was initially instituted by attorneys general of 16 states, sought the scrapping of the anti-graft agency. While some states withdrew...
•Late landlord, Mr Moshood, popularly known as Baba Warisi The residents of Faruku/Soka community in Ibadan yesterday evicted a House Owner, one Mr Kazeem Lawal popularly known as Alfa Asiku who was found with the list containing names of landlords listed for death. It was gathered that three out of the listed names of the […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned the judgement of a Federal High Court which ordered the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to allow the participation of 381 ad-hoc delegates in its February 22 primary election in Edo State. The primary election produced Asue Ighodalo as the candidate of the party in the September […]
•The 25 Rivers Assembly members are led by Martin Amaewhule (right) The Court of Appeal, Abuja has nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. The 25 lawmakers are loyalists of the former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, now Minister of […]
•Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over his unlawful arrest and detention by the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS). Delivering […]
The Senate has thrown out a bill seeking to include Anambra State as one of the member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying that the state was not part of the Niger Delta region, which is the reason for the establishment of the interventionist agency. Speaking yesterday after the lead debate on […]
•Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe The Supreme Court today dismissed the federal government’s appeal to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision which cleared former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, of false asset declaration. In 2015, Orubebe was arraigned for not disclosing his properties in the asset de...

