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The Supreme Court, on Wednesday affirmed Kayode Fayemi’s nomination as the Candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the July 14, 2018, governorship election in Ekiti State. Both the High …
Ekiti: Supreme Court affirms Fayemi’s nomination as APC Candidate Read MoreThe Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State. The court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel, held on Wednesday that the appeal …
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms Fayemi as Ekiti Gov Read MoreGovernor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has established a judicial commission of inquiry into the incessant crises in Kajuru local government area of the state with Justice Isa Aliyu of the State High Court …
Kajuru crises: El-Rufai establishes Commission of inquiry, appoints judge as chairman Read MoreOfficials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a dismissed judge of the Federal High Court, after corruption charges against her were struck out. …
Corruption allegation: Court frees Ofili-Ajumogobia, EFCC re-arrests her Read MoreJust last week, the National Judicial Institute (NJI) hosted heads of courts to the maiden edition of its roundtable on speedy juicy delivery. KEHINDE OSASONA captured the proceedings. In a …
When heads of courts converged on NJI to strategize on speedy justice delivery Read MoreThe Senate, last week, unanimously resolved to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on two bills passed by the National Assembly. The affected bills are “the Constitution of the Federal Republic …
Can the 9th NASS override President Buhari’s decision on vetoed bills? Read MoreA Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, on Friday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between Samson Apaila and his wife, Grace, over infidelity and troublesome behaviour. The judge, Ibrahim Shakarau, dissolved …
Infidelity: Court dissolves 16-year-old marriage Read MoreA 32-year-old auto-mechanic, Azeez Adedokun, who allegedly stole his client’s car brain box valued at N300,000, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendant, who lives at …
Theft: Man, 32, docked for stealing car brain box Read MoreThe police on Friday arraigned a commercial driver, Asumo Durodola, and his conductor, Saheed Ayuba, before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for alleged reckless driving and causing injury …
Police arraign driver, conductor over reckless driving Read MoreA Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has struck out a legal action challenging the nomination of Governor Muhammed Umaru Jubrilla of Adamawa State as gubernatorial candidate of the All …
Adamawa: Court strikes out suit challenging Gov’s nomination Read MoreAfter three months trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the CCT has fixed Thursday April 18 to give judgment in the six-count charge of false asset declaration levelled against …
Updated – Onnoghen: CCT fixes judgment for April 18 Read MoreA group, GYAB Movement, has appealed to Kogi State Judiciary and the Kogi state government to settle their differences amicably in the interest of progress of the state. At a …
Exercutive/Judiciary face-off: Group demands caution in Kogi Read MoreFormer Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, who was charged for a six-count charge of fraudulent declaration of assets will get judgement on Thursday, April 18, 2019, according to …
Breaking – Alleged false assets declaration: Judgement day looms for Onnoghen as CCT picks date Read MoreThe People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Plateau, Senator Jeremiah Tumbut Useni, has finally filed petition before the Election Tribunal setting in Jos. Senator Useni is challenging the election …
2019 guber poll: Useni, PDP file petition at tribunal, challenges Plateau Gov, APC’s victory Read MoreA legal practitioner and notary public, Mr Godwin Imakhai, who was hired by First Bank plc to perfect a purported tripartite mortgage agreement allegedly entered between the bank and Whiteplains British School …
Reps probe: Lawyer disowns First bank over alleged forgery Read MoreThe Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara state traditional council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, Sunday described the late renown retired President of Appeal Court, Justice Mamman Nasir, a an incorruptible judicial officer . …
Ex-Appeal Court President Mamman Nasir was an incorruptible judicial officer – Ilorin emir Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief at the passing away of the Galadiman Katsina and former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mamman Nasir. In a tribute he personally …
Justice Mamman Nasir was an outstanding public servant – Buhari Read MoreFormer President of Court of Appeal and Galadima of Katsina, Justice Mamman Nasir is dead. Details loading…
Breaking: Ex-Appeal Court President is dead Read MoreThe All Progressive Congress (APC) and the winner of the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election, has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that the candidate of the People’s …
Presidential election: Atiku is a foreigner, not qualified to contest, APC tells Tribunal Read MoreThe commencement of the trial of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal and three others, over alleged N544 million fraud was on Thursday, fixed for …
Fraud allegation: Ex-SGF Babachir, 3 others’ get May 23 trial date Read MoreJustice Habeeb Abiru, of the Court of Appeal Jos division, has reserved judgement in a 2015 pre-election case pending before him challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court against …
Hassan vs Sale: Court of Appeal reserves judgement in 2015 pre-election suit Read MoreThe governorship election petition Tribunal sitting in Kano has granted the prayer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) requesting access to the electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral …
Tribunal grants PDP access to electoral material in Kano Read MoreThe immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen was to clock the mandatory retirement age of 70 on December 22, 2020. He was to direct the …
The rise and fall of Chief Justice Onnoghen Read MoreAn Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the remand of Olalekan Ogunyemi, ex-police inspector charged with murdering 36-year-old Kolade Johnson. The magistrate, Mrs A.O. Salawu, ordered that Ogunyemi, …
Magistrate remands killer cop in prison Read MoreAn Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday ordered that six men, who allegedly hacked a police officer to death, be remanded in prison, pending legal advice from …
Murder: Court orders suspects to be remanded in prison Read More