An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, has Governor Ademola Adeleke from presenting the Staff of Office to the new Aree of Iree town, Oba Muritala Oyelakin. The restraining order dated Friday, 3 May, followed a motion ex parte filed by Oba Raphael Oluponle in a suit numbered HOS/20/2024 through his counsel, Abdulrahaman Okunade, where he …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned till 17 May for the continuation of trial in the money laundering suit filed against Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla. At Thursday’s proceedings, counsel to the defendant, Tony Krukrubo informed the court that he was yet to be served the additional proof …

  A Lagos High Court has ordered Air Peace to answer questions raised by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) on the libel suit filed by the firm on its aircraft operations from Lagos to Anambra State on 12th October 2022. In the suit number: LD/ADR/4833/23 – Air Peace v. Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Air Peace maintains that it adhered …

A High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, has nullified the selection and appointment of the Onifiditi of Fiditi, Oba Oyeleye Sakirudeen. This was as the court granted a restraining injunction on further actions on the filling of the Onifiditi of Fiditi Stool, pending the determination of a suit on the matter. It was reported that Justice K. …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a case challenging the eligibility of Akolade Alabi as the National President of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON). In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1609/2023, the Incorporated Trustees of ALGON, Abubakar Abdullahi and Shaban Shuabu contended that the immediate past president of the association, Alabi, is the chairman of Bariga Local …

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the purported suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje by his ward, be stopped. The ruling came late on Wednesday after Ganduje filed an ex parte motion seeking to enforce his fundamental right to a fair hearing. The respondents in the application are the police, …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court has threatened to adjourn sine die the trial of the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Nyako said she would commence the trial when the defence was ready. She spoke following the insistence of Kanu’s lawyer, Alloy Ejimakor, that his client’s rights to a fair trial were being …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has been released after meeting the bail conditions granted him by the court. Emefiele, who arrived at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja in custody of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, left for his home after the court proceedings. Justice Rahman Oshodi, who …

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that it has drafted legislation aimed at ensuring that most cases in the country are concluded at the Court of Appeal. This initiative aims to lessen the workload of the justices at the Supreme Court. In Nigeria, apart from state legislative and National Assembly election petitions which terminate at the appellate court, all other …

A Kano State High Court has fixed 17th April 2024, for the arraignment of the immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others, for alleged bribery. Ganduje and the others will be arraigned on eight counts bordering on a $413,000 bribery allegation, diversion, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N1.38 billion, …