The Court of Appeal has declared the Nasarawa Governor, Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the authentic winner of the 2023 Governorship election in the State. In its judgment Thursday in Abuja, the Appeal Court set aside the ruling of the Election Petition Tribunal that voided his...
The Appeal Court has sacked the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, and declared the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Nentawe Goshwe as the authentic winner of the governorship election in the state. Appeal Court in her ruling on Sunday in Abuja, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over his rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) respectively. Tinubu's victory was affirmed by the Five-man Panel of the...
President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) would know fate on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is set to deliver judgments on the cases. The petitions before...
A magistrate court in Abuja has convicted and jailed a lawyer for six months over defamatory publication against Dangote Cement Plc. The convict, Augustine Addeh, of the law firm, Mokidi and Co., had caused the publication of an advert in the Nation Newspapers of Friday November 6, 2015, where he...
Justice Ambrose Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Court 3, Ikoyi Lagos has fixed July 21st for the commencement of trial of Mr Michael Ukiye Diongoli, and his two companies, UK Dion Group and UK Dion Investment Limited on a 61 count charge of defrauding unsuspecting investors to...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has once again extended the validity of old Naira Notes of N200, N500 and N1,000 to December 31, 2023. Recall, the earlier ruling of the apex court was jettisoned by President Muhammad who believes that the Cashless policy and Naira re-design policy was intended to...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has adjourned ruling on the bail application filed by Ali Bello, nephew of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and four others in a N3 billion money laundering trial to Monday, February 20, 2023. The Head, Media & Publicity,...
Two internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms, for impersonation, contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015. The convictions of Efemene Philip Okoloko and Ugbo Donaldson, on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023 by Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal...
A Sokoto State High Court has dismissed a no case submission bid filed by two Chinese nationals charged for conspiracy and attempting to bribe a former head of the Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Giving his ruling Tuesday, Justice Mohammed Sifawa averred that a...