Tag: court
Rivers assembly crisis: Court strikes out LP’s suit against INEC
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking an order compelling INEC to...
Court grants man divorce plea on grounds of wife’s saucy behaviour
An Area Court sitting in Ilorin, on Friday granted a man, AbdulRasheed Yusuf, his prayer for divorce over his wife, Shakirat’s saucy attitude.
The presiding...
Poll: Don’t turn court to protest ground, Obi tells supporters
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters not to turn the court premises into a rally ground...
Presidential poll: Losers should go to court not streets – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, congratulated the winner of the 2023 presidential election and andidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
NigeriaElections2023: Seek legal redress, INEC advises aggrieved parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised aggrieved political parties to seek legal redress if not satisfied with the electoral process, adding that calls...
Court dismisses suit seeking sack of I-G, Usman Baba
The Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of the Inspector- General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba.
Delivering judgment on...
Alleged medical forgery: Absence of Fani-Kayode stalls trial
The trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, charged with forgery of medical report before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, was on...
Court restrains INEC from using MC Oluomo in distributing election materials
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, granted an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from engaging Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya...
Polls: Court dismisses PDP suit seeking disqualification of Gov Matawalle, Yari,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara and...
Court backs EFCC on freezing Dariye, son’s accounts
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by former Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau and his son, Nanle, challenging the...
2023 Elections: Court orders INEC to accept LP candidates in 24...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nomination of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in...
2023 Elections: Court orders INEC to accept Labour Party’s candidates in...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nomination of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in...
Supreme court dismisses suit against Oyetola’s participation in Osun poll
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun State’s...
Court remands twin brothers for raping, posting nude photos of victim...
A Magistrates’ court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, Friday remanded twin brothers and one other in correctional center, for gang-raping a lady and posting...
Court fixes July 28 to hear El-Zakzaky’s no-case-submission
A High Court in Kaduna State has fixed July 28 for hearing on a no-case-submission filed by Femi Falana (SAN), to leader of the...
Court remands Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, fixes trial date
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be remanded at a Department...
Court jails ex-South African President Zuma to 15 months imprisonment
South Africa’s constitutional court on Tuesday, sentenced former president Jacob Zuma, to 15 months imprisonment for contempt of court after he failed to appear...
