Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Saturday for the delivery of judgement in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party Candidate in the March 18 election, Mallam Sa’idu Umar, against ...

AFederal High Court in Abuja has halted his planned impeachment of the deputy governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa by the state’s House of Assembly. In a ruling on Tuesday, September 26, Justice ...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association has demanded the immediate appointment of additional Justices to achieve the full complement of 21 Justices of the Supreme Court, as prescribed by Section 230(1 )(B) of ...

The governorship election petition tribunal in Cross River State, on Tuesday, September 26, upheld the election of Bassey Otu as duly elected governor of the state and dismissed the petition filed by the ...

The Kuje correctional center has been ordered by a Magistrate Court in Zuba, Abuja to produce ‘obidient’ Obiajulu Uja, a supporter of the Labour Party (LP) in two weeks. Uja is on trial for criminal ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of former Petroleum Resources Minister, Timipire Sylva, from contesting the November governorship election in Bayelsa State. Justice ...

The police in Ogun State have arraigned the impeached chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area, Wale Adedayo, before a magistrate court sitting in the Isabbo area of Abeokuta on Tuesday. Adedayo was arraigned ...

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State has discharged and acquitted Professor David Ogbonna of the Rivers State University who was standing trial for alleged unlawful and indecent ...

As part of efforts to address cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and other vices in the country, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs, has disclosed its readiness to introduce mobile ...

Ninety-Eight Court of Appeal panels have been sitting on the 1,209 petitions that were filed after the last general elections, President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, stated ...

The Ebonyi state Election Petitions Tribunal is set to deliver its judgement on Wednesday. Tribunal Secretary, Henry Nwior confirmed this to The Nation on Tuesday. He said the Tribunal will begin sitting at 9am. The ...

The ongoing legal tussle between President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his Chicago State University academic records has taken a new twist after a self-acclaimed classmate of the former ...

The deputy governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has initiated legal action by filing a suit at the Ondo State High Court, seeking to halt the State House of Assembly’s impeachment proceedings against ...

Former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, risks facing up to three months in jail after he pleaded guilty to drunk-driving charges in New Zealand. The incident reportedly took place on August 19, three ...

The Lagos Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has said that the governorship ticket of Babajide Sanwo-Olu and that of his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat are one ticket and inseparable. Justice Mikhail ...

….Removes LP’s name from PDP’s petition The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal on Monday dismissed the preliminary objection of the All Progressives Congress which asked it to dismiss the petition of ...

Security has been beefed up at the Roseline Omotosho Courthouse, Ikeja, as the  Lagos State Election Petitions Tribunal is set to deliver judgement in petitions challenging the election of Governor Babajide ...

A United States District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, will on Monday review the controversy surrounding the Chicago State University’s academic documents of President Bola Tinubu which was put on hold on Thursday. The ...

The Plateau Election Petition Trial Tribunal sitting in Jos has affirmed the election of Caleb Mannanseh Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Governor.  It dismissed the petition filed by ...

By Adetutu Sobowale Vulcaniser bags life sentence for defiling wife’s niece An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 41-year-old vulcaniser, Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for ...