Judiciary

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, upheld the July 16 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship primary election that produced the Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, as its candidate. The five-member panel, in a judgment…

The fate of Nigeria's President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, appears to have been shattered after a protracted battle to secure the nomination to run again as the All Progressives Congress (APC's) senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the…

An Osogbo Magistrate Court has remanded 37-year-old Abiodun Babatunde in Ilesa correctional centre for the alleged sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl. The police had on Wednesday arraigned the suspect on a four-count charge of unlawful…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered Labour Party (LP) and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki Toll Gate in furtherance of its planned #Obidatti23 Rally scheduled for Oct. 1. Justice Daniel Osiagor made the order…

A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old apprentice, Tosin Kolade, be remanded in a correction centre for alleged defilement and murder of a 17-year-old girl. The police charged Kolade with three counts of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, struck out the suit filed by the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, for retrial.…

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, Monday Ubani, has threatened to sue the Federal Government if it bans the consumption of cowhide, popularly called pọnmọ in Nigeria. Ubani said…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside a consent judgment entered in favour of a firm, Panic Alert Security Systems Limited, against the trustees of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum for the payment to some individuals and organisations for…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, ordered that a 47-year-old Chinese National, Geng Quanrong, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly murdering his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The police charged…

The Police on Wednesday arraigned three men before an Abakaliki Magistrates’ Court in Ebonyi State for alleged house breaking and stealing. The defendants, Arinze Nwetuba, Mnaduabuchi Nwozaku, and Nwanga Nnaemeka, whose home addresses…