An Igbo pan-global cultural organisation, Ogbako Ndi Igbo Na Uwaniile, has expressed deep concern over the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, while appealing to President Bola Tinubu to review his case and…
Ogun Guber: PDP confident of Adebutu’s victory at Supreme Court
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has called on the party faithful to remain calm, assuring that the party’s governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, will get favourable judgement at the Supreme Court. The Secretary of the party in the…
Appeal Court sacks Kano governor, Yusuf
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that Governor Yusuf was not a…
Appeal Court ruling: Lagos APC congratulates Sanwo-Olu, hails judiciary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has congratulated Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat over the Court of Appeal’s ruling affirming their victory in the March 18 governorship election. Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the Lagos State…
Appeal Court restores FG’s power to register marriages
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has held that the Federal Government and Local Government Councils have the legal authority to celebrate, contract and register marriages between prospective couples. The appellate court, in two decisions, overturned the December 8,…
South African court orders Zuma back to jail
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that former President Jacob Zuma should return to prison to finish his sentence for contempt of court. The court said the decision to release Zuma on early medical parole was unlawful.…
Appeal Court reserves judgment in Nnamdi Kanu’s suit challenging charges against him
The Court of Appeal Abuja has reserved judgment on an appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to quash the terrorism and treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him. The…
Appeal Court nullifies N20b damages against DSS on Sunday Igboho
The Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the judgment which declared the attack on the house of Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho illegal. The court also nullified the N20 billion exemplary and…
Erstwhile Delta commissioner speaks against planned conversion of Centre named after Mariam Babangida to Appeal Court
A former commissioner for women affairs in Delta State, Queen Betty Efekodha, has raised an alarm over the plan to convert the Mariam Babaginda Women Development Centre that was built during the tenure of former governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the…
*ICYMI: Bulldozers destroy goods as council orders demolition of Lagos market (Punch) *Appeal Court upholds Sanwo-Olu’s election (Nation)
ICYMI: Bulldozers destroy goods as council orders demolition of Lagos market (Punch) Traders at the popular Ikosi-Ketu Fruit Market bewailed their losses on Friday as two bulldozers were used to pull down shops in the market, crushing the traders’ wares…