Aliyu Mukadas, a witness in the trial of ex-Minister of State for Finance, Amb. Bashir Yuguda and four others, on Monday told an FCT High Court, Maitama, that the operations of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) were always covert. Others defendants in the trial are retired...
Judiciary
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Monday fixed April 3 for ruling in a no-case submission filed by a police officer, Drambi Vandi, charged with the murder of a Lagos-based lawyer. Vandi is standing trial on a one-count charge of shooting the Lagos lawyer, Mrs...
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the nomination of Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare as the properly nominated governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)in Zamfara State for the March 11 governorship election. The Apex Court in a unanimous delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, the 5-man panel of Justices dismissed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Court of Appeal to vary the ex parte order made in favour of Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), with regards to inspection of materials used for the presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 31 for judgment in a suit filed by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers praying for an order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling him from the party. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date on Monday after counsel...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho,, says the court would on March 31, commence its Easter Vacation. Justice Tsoho, in a statement, titled: “Notification of 2023 Easter Vacation and Roaster for Vacation Judges”, and signed Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reveal plans his administration is taking to obey the recent Supreme Court order on the naira redesign. Last week, the Supreme Court extended the validity of the old N200, N500, and...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking the removal of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bello Matawalle, from the Zamfara governorship election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the case of the plaintiffs lacked merit. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge its defeat in Benue in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Mr Isaac Mffo, the state acting PDP chairman said this when he addressed a news conference on Friday in Makurdi. “We have mandated our legal department...
The Court of Appeal on Friday granted leave to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to inspect documents used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the Feb. 25 Presidential election. The permission was sequel to...
A Federal High Court on Friday sentenced Garba Tahir, former Chief Accountant, Pension Office of the Office of the Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation to three years imprisonment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, held that the prosecution had proved the seven-count charge preferred against...
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. The apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgement, held...
. Six States of the Federation have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the last February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The plaintiffs in the originating summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023, are specifically asking for an order of the apex court “directing a wholistic...
A prosecution witness, Insp. Abdullahi Mikail, has narrated before the Chief Magistrates’ Court, GRA Zaria, Kaduna State, how the dismissed Zazzau palace guard allegedly lured a lady seeking support from Zazzau Emir into alleged adultery. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that five men, including a dismissed palace...
Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has sworn in four newly-appointed High Court judges and nine Special Advisers, to beef up the administration of Justice and other affairs of his administration. This is contained in a statement in Gusau on Saturday by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Alhaji Jamilu...
Niger Government has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. A statement by Justice Nasara Danmallam, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, in Niger in Minna on Saturday, said the case with...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday revoked bail granted a suspected internet fraudster, Kolawole Erinle. The court consequently remanded Erinle at the Kirikiri Maximum custodial facility. Erinle is standing trial for $1.4 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ramon Oshodi revoked the defendant’s...
The Federal Government (FG) said it would obey the ruling of the Supreme Court suspending the February 10 deadline for the validity of the old naira notes. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, made this known in an interview with Arise News on Thursday. Malami said...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, set aside its order directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest Deputy Speaker of Imo, Amarachi Iwuanyawu, over his alleged complicity in alleged N785 million fraud. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, held that the EFCC deliberately suppressed and...
Lagos lawyer, Mr Monday Ubani, on Thursday, said the Supreme Court still had a duty to decide on whether its original jurisdiction was properly invoked in deciding on the naira swap. Ubani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that although the Supreme Court possessed original jurisdiction in matters...