Judiciary

      The Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi who represents Delta North and his sentencing to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering. The apex court ordered his immediate release from Ikoyi prisons in Lagos, where he is currently being held. Delivering Judgement, the Court also freed the two companies - Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd - tried with him on a two-count charge brought against them […]

  The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday evening in Abuja admitted as exhibits, the Chicago State University educational documents of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who formally opened his defense in a petition filed against his election by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The educational documents tendered to establish his attendance and graduation at the American University comprised the admission letter, offered Tinubu by the famous Institution among others. Through his lead counsel, Chief […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, joined the Federal Ministry of Education in a suit filed by a Seventh-day Adventist member seeking to stop the conduct of examinations and election    on Saturdays. The Court also joined the Council of Legal Education to the suit following an application by the plaintiff that the two agencies be joined in the suit. A member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Mr Ugochukwu Uchenwa, instituted a legal action seeking an order of court […]