The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will appeal the court judgment that asked the commission to accept the use of the Temporary Voter’s Card (TVC) in this year’s general election. In a tweet via its verified handle @inecnigeria, the commission said: “INEC has been served a copy of the judgment delivered today (yesterday) by the Federal High …

An Akure High Court, in Ondo State has assumed jurisdiction over the trial of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyelogun, and two others for alleged fraud involving the N2.4 million fund belonging to the Assembly. Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) …

A brother-in-law to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment. was sentenced to prison on Saturday,  by a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja found John Abebe, the younger brother of former First Lady, late Stella Obasanjo, guilty of the forgery of a document belonging to an oil company. Justice Mojisola Dada, however, allowed an …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced an ex-Group Executive, Exploration and Production of the NNPC Limited, Abiye Membere, and a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, (NPDC), Victor Briggs to two years imprisonment each upon their conversation for official corruption. In a judgment on Tuesday, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba convicted Membere and Briggs for accepting gifts …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from the party. Justice James Omotosho made the order following an ex-parte motion filed by Wike against the PDP and its top officials. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Wike, in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/139/2023, …

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. …