The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Monday nullified the election of Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) for the House of Representatives. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Okolie winner of the Aniocha-Oshimili Federal Constituency election during last February’s presidential and National Assembly elections. But Ndudi Elumelu of the …

The Federal Government has arraigned 12 suspected oil thieves in connection with the intercepted Cameroon-bound vessel laden with 150 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil before the Federal High Court in Asaba. The vessel, MT TURA II, was intercepted on 7th July on Escravos Sea in Delta State with 11 Nigerians and one Ghanaian onboard. On 11th July, the military …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on a 25-count charge. Oduah, who served as Aviation Minister from 2011 to 2014, is facing trial over an allegation that she laundered public funds to the tune of about N7.9 billion, in connivance …

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu access to his medical records and doctors of his choice. In a judgement on Thursday, Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the objections raised by the DSS for lacking merit. In the suit, …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an application by the Federal Government to protect the identity of the witnesses lined up to testify against an alleged terrorist collaborator, Tukur Mamu. The Kaduna-based cleric and publisher is facing trial in connection with the terror attack on a Kaduna-Abuja train in March last year, leading to the death of …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday described as untrue reports that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, had a telephone conversation with President Bola Tinubu and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The apex court warned that if the current trend of falsehood and mudslinging continued to be sustained, …

Justice Liman of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Ecobank Nigeria to pay N72.2 billion in damages to Honeywell Flour Mills Plc. In delivering judgement on Honeywell Flour Mills’s protracted suit against Ecobank Nigeria, the judge held that: “The plaintiff’s right to the damages sought had crystallised and the plaintiff had a right to maintain this action”, …

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has granted some reliefs sought by Standard Alliance Investments Limited and its shareholders Standard Alliance Insurance Plc against the National Insurance Commission (NICOM) over the notice of cancellation of registration of Standard Alliance Plc. Other plaintiffs in the suit were Dickson Odoko and  Donatus Uba, who sued for themselves and on behalf of …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it has charged suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to court. This is sequel to an order of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja earlier on Thursday that the secret police charge Emefiele to court within one week or release him. Hours after the court order, …

A family court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker, Mr. Maruf Abdullahi (well known as Trinity) be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl. The magistrate, P. O. Adetuyibi ordered Abdullahi, 31, and the parents of the child – Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat Ahmed, 29 – to continue …