Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday approached a Division of federal high court Abuja and prayed it to give him a date for hearing in his application regarding Omoyele Sowore’s, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests […]
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Metta, Lagos State has ordered that four men of the Special Armed Response Squad, who allegedly killed two unsuspected robbers in Iba axis of the state, be remanded in […]
The Inspector-General of Police and the Director of Department of State Services, (DSS) have been ordered by a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, to appear before it on September 4 over the detention pro-democracy […]
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, granted bail to Mrs. Isabella Mimie Oshodin, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged money laundering to the tune […]
The new Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has attributed his re-appointment as Minister in the ministry as endorsement of the collective contributions of all the ministry officials. Malami gave […]
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The deputy governor of Kogi state, Simon Achuba, has dragged the state’s House of Assembly to court over the impeachment notice served on him. Ochuba filed the application before the high court sitting in Lokoja, […]
The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The appeal had been filed by the PDP and Atiku to challenge an […]
A farmer, Terseer Angbee, who allegedly stabbed his colleague to death, was Monday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court pending legal advice. The magistrate, J. O Ayia, who gave the order, refused […]
The moves by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to seize properties belonging to the immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been stopped by a Division of the Federal High […]
The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned sitting on Monday after counsel adopted the final written addresses and replies to points of law. Chairman of the three-member tribunal, Justice Ibrahim Bako, said that a date will […]
Forty magistrates in Kaduna state have vowed to eschew corruption, uphold justice and followed the tenets of the Nigerian Constitution to the later in the discharge of their duties. The 40 magistrates made the vow on […]
A Sokoto State High Court sitting in Sokoto has restrained the All Progressives Congress (APC) from removing Inuwa Abdulkari as its 1st national vice chairman, North-West. The presiding judge, Justice M.U. Dogon Daji in an […]
Abdullahi Babalele, the son-in-law of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N20 million. The Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos, presided over […]
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the federal high court in Lagos, has ordered that Atiku’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, and lawyer Uyiekpen Osagie-Giwa, be remanded in EFCC’s custody until their bail application is looked into. The duo […]
Abdullahi Babalele, son in-law to former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has just been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). […]
Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 40-year-old man, Bisso Aminu, who allegedly killed his father, be remanded in prison custody, pending legal advice. Magistrate Binta Rijau, who declined to take his plea because […]
A Federal high court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) to suspend plans towards adopting an indirect primary for the nominations of its candidate for the November 16, 2019 governorship election […]
Since democracy berthed in 1999, more than once, judges in courts of first instance had played into the hands of litigants by scrambling for jurisdiction in volatile public interest causes that were brought before them. […]
Mediation is a form of dispute resolution that is actively encouraged by the courts as a way of settling disputes rather than going through formal court proceedings. Last Thursday, the world recognized International Mediation Settlement Agreements […]
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Maurice Iwu has been granted bail in the sum of N1 billion bail by the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday. The Economic […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has asked parties in a suit filed by four aggrieved members of the Kogi State executive committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to maintain status quo. The […]
The convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, would remain in the Department of State Security custody for a period of 45 days at first instance, until the court rules otherwise. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja a while ago asked parties to a suit challenging the alleged plans by the National Assembly to interfere in the affairs of the Edo State House of Assembly to […]
The Administrator, National Judicial Institute (NJI), Hon. Justice Rosaline Patricia Bozimo, on Monday tasked judiciary financial officers on the need to enhance financial accountability in the line of duty. Bozimo made this call in Abuja […]
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