The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos has invalidated the election victory of Hon. Thaddeus Atta of the Labour Party at last February’s National Assembly poll for Eti Osa federal constituency. In a late-evening judgement on Monday, the tribunal ruled that the elections were inconclusive and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct …

The Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Comrade Julius Abure, and recognised Mr. Lamido Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the court, seeking …

A Nigerian, Okechukwu Iwuji – alongside two others – has been convicted and jailed for advance fee and money laundering scheme involving over $2 million. The United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Shawn Anderson announced that 38-year-old Iwuji and the other convicts fraudulently obtained approximately $2.6 million by inducing Guam-based investors to pay bogus …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the “illegal possession of firearm” charge against suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, following an application by the Federal Ministry of Justice to withdraw it. Justice Nicholas Oweibo struck out the charge on Thursday after holding that the prosecution had the statutory powers to withdraw a …

A chartered accountant, Omafume Ayinuola, and her mother, Lydia Ehrievuyere, were, on Wednesday, arraigned by the police before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly laundering N1,072,254,411 and  $975,102.58. The daughter and mother were arraigned alongside their company, Patridia Resources Limited, before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, by the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos. They are facing 15 …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, through its elected local government chairmen and councilors, has dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke before a Federal High Court, Osogbo over plans to appoint caretaker committees for the state’s 30 local government councils. Last Wednesday, Adeleke, alongside the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced plans to appoint a local government …

A 40-year-old banker, Andrew Nwadiashi and eight suspected internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. They were convicted by Justice M. Itsueli on Friday after they pleaded guilty to separate charges brought against them by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to a …

The National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered the police to pay N20 million to the family of a constable, Emmanuel Gene, who went missing two years ago. Gene was attached to the Ijebu-Igbo division of the Ogun State Police Command and was declared missing two years ago. He was reportedly kidnapped by hoodlums during an operation in Aba …

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 …