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Judiciary

Election Petition Court Reserves Judgment on Atiku’s Petition

    The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, has reserved judgment on the petition filed by the Presidential candidate of People's Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the declaration of President Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 Presidential election. Justice Haruna Tsamani gave the position after Atiku, who was present in the court, adopted his final address to the court. The former Vice President and the Peoples Democratic Party […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Court Grants Nnamdi Kanu Access To Medical Check

    Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, access to a medical doctor of his choice on the grounds that he requires urgent ear surgery amidst his reported failing health. Delivering judgement, Justice Nyako also ordered the secret police to also monitor, record and seal […]

todayJuly 20, 2023

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CJN Had No Phone Conversation With Tinubu – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has clarified that the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola had no telephone conversation with anybody including President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on the on-going Presidetial Election Petition on the 2023 election. The Apex Court said that Justice Ariwoola neither spoke with Tinubu nor the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) with a view to pressurizing the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal […]

todayJuly 19, 2023

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Court dismisses Achimugu’s Case Against APC, Ododo

        The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a case filed by Abubakar Achimugu against the All Progressives Congress, APC, its Governorship Candidate in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, Ozigi Deedat and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for lacking merit. Justice Obiora Egwuatu who delivered the judgment in the suit said the cause of action, which arose on April 14, 2023, was not statute barred, […]

todayJuly 18, 2023

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Court Sends Four Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin City

  Two internet fraudsters were on Friday, July 14, 2023 convicted and sentenced to jail by Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. The convicts, Wisdom Osazuwa 18, who claims to be a tailor and Oyegun Osadebamwen Godwin, a student, were arraigned separately on one count charge of unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. […]

todayJuly 18, 2023

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Emefiele : 60 Lawyers Storm Court, File Contempt Charge Against DSS

About 60 Constitutional and Human Rights lawyers, today stormed the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to commence proceedings against the Director General of the State Security Service, Mr Yusuf Bichi, for what they described as violation of multiple judgments and orders of court directing the release of former Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele from custody of the agency. The consortium of lawyers led by Mr. Maxwell Opara […]

todayJuly 17, 2023

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Police Sent Me To 44-Day Jail Over Dog – Lagos Hairstylist

A 33-year-old woman, Olufunmilayo Erioluwa, who was accused of assaulting a policeman and later freed by a court, has said she was made to suffer over a dog. According to the hairstylist, she was unjustly detained and remanded in the Kirikiri Custodial Centre because the dog owner was connected to the police. She was released on June 27 after 44 days in prison. She expressed gratitude to a human rights […]

todayJuly 15, 2023

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NJC Recommends CJN’S Son, 22 Others For Appointment As High Court Judge

The National Judicial Council, NJC has recommended Olukayode Ariwoola Junior, son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola for appointment as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. Ariwoola junior was recommended along with 22 others who passed the screening and interview of the Council. Apart from the 23 nominees for the Federal High Court, NJC also sought appointment of one Khadi for Kaduna State […]

todayJuly 14, 2023

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Kogi Guber : Court Dismisses Smart Adeyemi’s Case Against Ododo

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant in the All Progressives Congress' governorship primaries in Kogi State, Senator Smart Adeyemi, against the emergence of the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo, for lack of merit. Delivering judgement in the suit, Omotosho held that Adeyemi's allegations were criminal in nature, as he alleged that the primary elections did not hold and that the results […]

todayJuly 12, 2023