An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced two men — a 63-year-old cleric, Adereti Ebenezer, and 68-year-old chief, Akinyede Joseph — to three years imprisonment each for forgery. They were arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on 18th October 2021, on four counts bordering on conspiracy, forgery, false sworn declarations, and making documents without authority. According to …

Senator Ishaku Abbo has been ousted as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Adamawa North senatorial zone by a Yola High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Danladi. The court on Tuesday dismissed him on the grounds that his ward in Adamawa’s Mubi North Local Government Area had kicked him out of the party. Justice Danladi held that …

The Court of Appeal will decide on the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government on 26th January. Last September, the government dragged ASUU before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the failure of the union to call off protracted its strike, which eventually last nine months. Although the NICN ruled …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Garki has issued an an order restraining the State Security Service (SSS) and its agents from taking steps to arrest, detain or restrict the movement of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, over allegations linking him with terrorism financing and fraudulent activities. Justice M. A. …