Kenneth Okonkwo sued for defamation against Peter Obi
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress and former governor of Anambra State, has dragged his former loyalist and kinsman, Kenneth Okonkwo, to court. A suit made by…
LP, INEC battles in court over exclusion from Enugu North Senatorial By-election
The Labour Party has commenced legal action at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging what it describes as its unlawful exclusion from the forthcoming Enugu North Senatorial District by-election…
Appeal Court’s verdict on PDP leadership precise, decisive, says Anosike
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr Kelechi Anosike, has congratulated the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman, following the Court of…
CSOs applauds court’s decision on NASS’ N110b SUV, allowance schemes
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared unlawful the National Assembly’s controversial N110 billion vehicle and allowance expenditure, ruling that the allocations violated procurement laws, constitutional provisions, and principles…
WASPAN urges FCCPC to comply with court orders in DEON regulations dispute
The Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has called on the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to respect court orders in the ongoing airtime dispute. The…
Lagos: Court Acquits Police Inspector Accused of Killing Man During Patrol
Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted a police inspector, Kabiru Odejimi, who was standing trial over the alleged manslaughter of a man identified as Idris…
Ondo: Aiyedatiwa hails death sentence for Owo church killers
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has described the conviction of the terrorists who attacked and killed worshippers of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, four years ago as a victory for…
Court halts Coroner’s Inquest into Adichie’s Son death pending judicial review
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi, has ordered a temporary halt to proceedings in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, the son of…
Court sentences four criminal to death over Owo Church Massacre, acquits fifth defendant
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022 attack on St.…
APC chieftain Ize-Iyamu threatens lawsuit over cloned newspaper publication
Edo South senatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress and a chieftain of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Thursday denied cloning the front page of Tuesday’s edition of Vanguard…