A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party, Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi, respectively. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the suit was unknown to law and …
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Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has remanded youth pastor, Ademola Jayeoba, and his father, Emmanuel Jayeoba, over illegal banking activities. Ademola, youth pastor at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and his father, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has awarded N100 million against the Nigeria Army, Police others. The amount is awarded as Compensatory and General Damages in favour of the lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, over the alleged invasion of his home by …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos State has remanded a man identified as Agbolade Agbolahan in prison for allegedly hacking the Facebook account of the Oniru of Iru, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan, and defrauding a professor of the sum of N500,000. The remand was ordered by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa after his arraignment …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, …
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A legal practitioner identified as Othniel Ikpibako has called on the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for an injunction restraining the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress from fielding or presenting any candidate from Northern Nigeria to contest the presidential elections in 2023. The lawyer also demanded that the …
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A Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice Abdullahi Liman, on Friday, restrained the Kano State government from borrowing N10 billion for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. A coalition of NGOs, the Kano First Forum (KFF) filed a motion exparte dated June 27, sworn by the …
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For coming before the court dressed as a ”juju priest”, a Federal High Court in Lagos has declined to hear the cases filed by human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo. Recall that last Thursday, Omirhobo dressed like a juju priest and appeared before a Supreme court judge. Omirhobo had white chalk-drawn on one of …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability …
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Federal High Court, Lagos, has issued an order compelling Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Lagos State government to make known to the public how the N10 billion released to it by the federal government as COVID-19 fund was expended. The order, which is issued by the presiding judge, …
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