The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria says it has lodged a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division. According to a…
Alleged N712m fraud: you have a case to answer, court tells Sule Lamido, others
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, and his co-defendants have a case to answer in the N712 million money laundering charges filed against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Court sacks Taraba APC governorship candidate Bwacha, orders fresh primary
A Federal High Court in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has sacked the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Bwacha. Bwacha’s sacking comes after a petition by one of the aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Relying on the…
Court sacks Zamfara PDP governorship candidate
A Federal High Court in Zamfara State has nullified the primary election that produced Alhaji Dauda Lawal Dare as the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the forthcoming general elections. A former federal lawmaker, who also contested for…
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…
Ogun speaker meets bail condition, says I’m innocent
A Lagos Federal High court has released the embattled Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, on bail. The speaker and the Clerk of the House, Adedeji Adeyemo and Director of Finance of the House, Samson Oladayo on Friday…
Court rejects FG’s request to extradite Abba Kyari to US
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed an application the Federal Government filed for permission to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over…
Court dismisses suit seeking disqualification of Oyetola as Osun APC governorship candidate
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the July 16 governorship election scheduled to hold in the state. Delivering Judgement,…
Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application for bail by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Binta Nyako, in her ruling on Tuesday, said the suit was a gross…
Extradition: Abba Kyari learns fate August 29
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed August 29 for judgment in a suit seeking to extradite a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari to the United States of America for trial over alleged…