A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has adjourned till 3 June 2024, the hearing for a suit filed by members of the Rivers State Civil Society Organisation seeking to sack 27 lawmakers of the State House of Assembly. When the parties arrived at the Court for a hearing on the matter on Friday, the Clerk of the court informed …

A High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, has nullified the selection and appointment of the Onifiditi of Fiditi, Oba Oyeleye Sakirudeen. This was as the court granted a restraining injunction on further actions on the filling of the Onifiditi of Fiditi Stool, pending the determination of a suit on the matter. It was reported that Justice K. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the arrest warrant issued against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello could be set aside if he were to show up in court as required. EFCC counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) said this on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja after a member of Bello’s …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a case challenging the eligibility of Akolade Alabi as the National President of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON). In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1609/2023, the Incorporated Trustees of ALGON, Abubakar Abdullahi and Shaban Shuabu contended that the immediate past president of the association, Alabi, is the chairman of Bariga Local …

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the purported suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje by his ward, be stopped. The ruling came late on Wednesday after Ganduje filed an ex parte motion seeking to enforce his fundamental right to a fair hearing. The respondents in the application are the police, …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 19 April to hear a suit filed by the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, against the State House of Assembly and others. The matter, which was before Justice Inyang Ekwo, was fixed for hearing on Friday after a team of lawyers, including Alex Ejesieme, SAN, showed up to seek …

The embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Lagos High Court (Ikeja division) for his arrangement over alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of United States dollars. Emefiele, alongside his co-defendant, Mr. Henry Isioma Omole, will be arraigned on fresh 26 counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi this morning. In the charge …

A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, presided by Emmanuel Iyanna, has summoned five social media users for “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo; and her husband, Blessed Uzochikwa. In the court summons dated 3rd April 2024, and sighted by our correspondent on Thursday, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the five defendants to appear …

The Kano State High Court has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Ummukalthuum Buhari. Recall that Quangrong allegedly killed his erstwhile girlfriend, Buhari, following a misunderstanding. It was reported that Quangrong was accused of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend, Buhari, but denied killing her intentionally and pleaded …

A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu, on Monday, granted controversial TikToker, Murja Kunya bail in the sum of N500,000, coupled with two reliable sureties, including a relative and an individual, with landed property in Kano municipal. The Tik Toker, Murja, applied for bail following a directive from the Kano Shari’ah Court mandating a mental evaluation …