Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted bail to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The judge ordered that Emefiele be released immediately to his lawyers, who were charged with the responsibility of producing him in court, for his arraignment next week or at any other day. On 26th …

A prominent journalist and lawyer, Mr. Osa Director has sued the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), seeking damages to the tune of N100 million and recovery of his US$1,700 and A52 Samsung Galaxy handset. In the Suit Number ID/16108MFHR/2023 filed at the Lagos State High Court (Ikeja Judicial Division), Osa is seeking the enforcement of his fundamental human rights. …

Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, sentenced five men tried for cyber-stalking and defrauding ex-Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, of N38 million. Sometime in 2018, a 13-second nude video of Owoeye had gone viral on the Internet. In the video, Owoeye was accosted by some people, …

The Kano State High Court has issued a restraining order against the incorporated trustees of the National Council for Women Society (NCWS), and six other defendants from conducting elections for its executive members. The order holds until the hearing and determination of a motion on notice. The presiding judge, Justice Aisha Ya’u granted the interim injunction on Tuesday evening after …

The Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday, awarded the sum of N200,000 against the state deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over the failure of his lawyer to appear in court. Aiyedatiwa’s counsel was said not to have appeared in the court to argue the motion he filed to restrain the state Chief Judge and the …

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, said he accepts the Appeal Court’s verdict affirming Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. “I accept the decision of the appeal court and I use this opportunity to congratulate my sister, Barrister Natasha as a senator of the Kogi Central …

The Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom on Monday adjourned the hearing on the alleged £100,000 bribery suit involving Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke to November 2025. Alison-Madueke appeared before the Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, 2nd October 2023, after being charged with bribery offences amounting to £100,000 following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. …

An application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Binani, seeking to stop the prosecution of the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commission, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been struck out by an Abuja Federal High Court. The court had previously given an interim order, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Attorney-General of the Federation, …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the judgement of the Supreme Court that dismissed the petitions filed against his successor, President Bola Tinubu’s election. Buhari said the judgement is a relief to him and many Nigerians. The apex court on Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Supreme Court judgement affirming the election of the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President as disappointing. The apex court upheld the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) affirming the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji …