By Godwin Aliuna The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state on Thursday voided the local government election that took place in the 13 LGAs of the state.DAILY POST reports authoritatively that the local government election was conducted on 30th July; 2022 by the ...

By Onozure Dania The Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has remanded a social media influencer, Portia Emilia, in prison, over an alleged fraud of N110m.Emilia was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited.The defendants, who ...

By Friday Olokor and Bola Bamigbola Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday asked the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo to nullify the election of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke.According to the governor, the election was fraught with ...

The Lagos House of Assembly has denied a report that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get Northerners support for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Setonji David, made this ...

By  Dayo Oyewo An educational consultant, Ayeni Oluyemi, who in a viral video accused a Lagos State Customary Court judge of snatching his wife, on Saturday, said the matter had been resolved. Oluyemi had in the video narrated how he sought to resolve his marital dispute before the ...

Nigerian police officer, Giwa Aliyu, who is a superintendent in the Nigeria Police Force, and Assistant Force Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos has disclosed via his official Twitter account that, “Do you know? Adultery is a crime liable to 2 years imprisonment! The “PANEL CODE LAW” section ...

Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to hear two cases of a human right lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court. The lawyer also appeared bare footed with cowries tied on his two legs. His wig had ...

A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omoirhobo, on Thursday, caused a stir due to his mode of dressing at the Supreme Court in Abuja. Photos circulated on social media showed Omoirhobo dressed in a lawyer’s robe mixed with other materials that made him look like an African native doctor. The lawyer ...

Following the recent approval by the Supreme Court to allow female Muslim students to wear hijab in public schools, a Rivers State-based lawyer, Barrister Mathew A. Abakpa has vowed to storm the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt next week in his complete Juju attire. Recall that the Supreme ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the recent protest letter by Justices of the Supreme Court to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed, further confirms the alleged plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Government to emasculate the judiciary. ...

  The alleged culpable homicide suit against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi in a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday, was stepped down in order for his lawyers to align themselves to represent him. When the matter slated for ...

By Sodiq Oyeleke     The Supreme Court of Nigeria has granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools. The court gave the judgment in an appeal – Lagos State Govt. and Ors V. Asiyat AbdulKareem with suit number SC/910/16 – on Friday in ...

No fewer than sixty Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) have stormed the National Industrial Court in Abuja for a legal battle against the Federal Government on the poor salaries of Nigerian Judges. The senior lawyers are to battle the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), National Judicial ...

The Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri, has lashed out at the Imo State Government over the arrest and detention of Messrs. Chima Emeka Ndukwe, Akoma Jeremiah, Ikedi Amadi and Nze Moses, senior staff of the National Industrial Court, Owerri. The lawyers’ body said it gathered that the detained ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of States Services (DSS). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and ...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Wuse has remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi in Kuje prison. Justice Ngozi Nwosu-Iheme ordered that Nwachukwu remains in custody until the conclusion of his trial. She gave the order despite Nwachukwu pleading ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced an undergraduate of Kwara State University, Malete in Moro Local Government Area of the state, Aderibigbe Sheu, to three years for posing as a widow to defraud unsuspecting victims. The court presided by Justice Mohammed Sani ...

Legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release an advert executive, Baron Nnamdi. Nnamdi was arrested over an “offensive 2023 election messages” on two billboards in Enugu State. In a statement, Effiong said the reasons given by the ...

Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Eket has dissolved a 13-year-old marriage of a Pastor of a new generation church in the local government over his wife’s amorous relationship with another pastor in the church. The 36-year-old woman and mother of two was said to be having an ...

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered remand of a 33-year-old man, Baderinwa Waheed, who allegedly stole an N-Power beneficiary’s five months stipend. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is charged with forgery, stealing and fraud. According to the prosecutor, Mr ...

An Upper Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday permitted a landlord, Mr Bakinde AbdulWaheed, to break open and change the locks on his tenant’s apartment door over his disappearance for three years. The presiding Judge, Mr Moshood Ajibade, gave the order after AbdulWaheed, reported that his ...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to admit the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu to bail. The judge held that Kanu must account for his whereabouts for years when he was first granted bail but refused to attend court for trial. ...

An Islamiyya teacher has been remanded for allegedly camping a married student of his Islamiyya in his house for over a month without the permission of her husband on the orders of Khadi Abdullahi Nasiru of a Shari’a court sitting in Minna, Niger State. The suspect is also being ...