The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Ahmadu Fintiri’s re-election as the governor of Adamawa State. The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aisha Dahiru (well known as Binani) had appealed against the judgement of the state governorship election petition tribunal which confirmed Fintiri’s re-election. After the supplementary election, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced …

The Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Halima Abdulmalik has sentenced a man identified as Stephen Jiya to death by hanging for setting his mother, Comfort Jiya, ablaze. The judge ruled that Stephen was guilty of culpable homicide, punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law, which attracts the death penalty. Stephen was arraigned by the Office of the …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court will deliver judgment in the enforcement of a fundamental rights suit filed by a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on 8th January 2024. Following his prolonged detention, Emefiele had dragged the Federal Government, Attorney-General of the Federation, Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the commission before the court …

The Ondo State Government has debunked a media report that the state High Court has granted an order mandamus compelling the state House of Assembly and the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji to constitute a medical panel to assess Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s health. The state government described the report as fake, saying it was not the true reflection of what …

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has summoned the acting Director-General of the National Commission against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM), Mr Adejare Nurudeen Adegbenro to appear before it following his failure to liquidate an alleged judgment debt. Adegbenro, according to the summons, is the third judgment debtor in a N2,016228,442.95 debt …

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Nigerian Police to pay N3 billion in damages to a spare parts trader, Victor Ogbonna, who was tortured by members of the disbanded Eagle Crack unit in 2019. The court, presided by Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam, ruled in Ogbonna’s favour after he filed a fundamental human rights suit against the Inspector …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has removed the Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgement delivered on Tuesday, the court declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sa’ad Abdullahi Ibrahim (Turakin-Opanda), as the rightful winner of the election for Umaisha/Ugya state …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court has adjourned till 18th January 2024, for the continuation of the trial in the alleged procurement fraud suit against a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was accused of using his position to confer a corrupt advantage on Sa’adatu Yaro, a staff member of the CBN by …

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of 33 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. In a statement on Monday, EFCC’s  Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale said that the convicts were jailed by Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebukola Olajide and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High …

A magistrate court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court and presided over by the Chief Magistrate, Genevieve Osakwe, has remanded a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager(name withheld). The priest was also accused of forcefully taking the victim to Benin City, Edo State, …