A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) over his alleged Ill-health. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that Maina had not provided any...
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The Federal High Court, Abuja has nullified the All Progressives Congress, (APC) primary election that produced Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate for the 2023 general election. Justice Obiora Egwuatu who delivered the judgment declared that based on submissions made before him by the parties, the purported primary...
The Enugu State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Casmir Agbo, has said the chapter is waiting for directives from the party’s Headquarter to conduct fresh gubernatorial primary. He said this on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu in reaction to...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, declared former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah, as the duly elected governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgement, upheld the direct primary election that produced Ogah as...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by...
Honourable Ibrahim Usman has won the senatorial rerun primary election for Kaduna Central senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Usman, a former Chairman of Kaduna North Local government area, polled 210 votes out of the 223 votes cast to defeat five other candidates. A...
The Federal High Court, Kaduna, has affirmed the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Sen. Uba Sani as the substantive candidate for the 2023 election in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Mohammed Garba, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Nov. 18, deliver judgment in a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Friday after counsel for Maina, Ibrahim...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), to file their defence in Abdulrasheed Maina’s suit. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after counsel for the minister and C-G, Abdulmumin Muhammad, said that...
A Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia, on Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, to Kenya before his rendition on June 19, 2021. Delivering judgment, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, also awarded Kanu N500m in general damages. The News Agency...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the court’s deputy chief registrar to notify the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, of the pendency of Abdulrasheed Maina’s suit. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order shortly after Maina’s counsel, Ibrahim Idriss, SAN, informed that he had carried out...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, retrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from confiscating six property traced to Zamfara Governor, Bello Matawalle. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, hinged the order on Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution which grants absolute immunity to serving governors from...
Mr Stephen Oronsaye, a former Head of Service of the Federation, on Thursday, faulted the mode adopted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the investigation of alleged pension fraud brought against him. Oronsaye made his position known while being cross examined at the Federal High Court,...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Nov. 15 for judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Yusuf Yusuf seeking the nullification of the Taraba All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on May 26. Yusuf, a senator representing Taraba Central, who was also a governorship aspirant in the...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has appealed the Federal High Court’s judgment that nullified his nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ismail Omipidan,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola of Osun as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the July 16 governorship election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, nullified Oyetola and his deputy governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi, on grounds that Gov. Mai...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before Justice Hadiza Shagari of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna. The party is challenging the list of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for Governorship and State Assembly seats published by INEC on...
The PDP, Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State have challenged a suit filed by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers over the recently-concluded presidential primaries. The trio, in a notice of preliminary objection marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/782/22 dated and filed on Aug. 5 before Justice Ahmed Mohammed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Tuesday ordered for fresh elections to be conducted for the election of candidate for House of Representatives for Askira- Uba/ Hawul Federal Constituency of Borno State. The Presiding Judge, Justice Jude Dagat, in her judgement ordered...
A Federal High Court in Abakaliki Thursday nullified the July 30 Local Government Area (LGA) Elections in Ebonyi. The exercise, which was swept by the All Progressive Party (APC), was conducted by the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC). It took place in the 13 LGAs and 171 wards...