Ekiti: Appeal Court Affirms Governor Oyebanji’s Election
THE Court of Appeal has upheld the election of Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the June 18, 2022 governorship election. The Appellate Court in a judgment delivered virtually on Tuesday, dismissed the appeal filed by the…
Victim of organ harvesting plot says he’s in UK to work
A Nigerian street trader at the center of an alleged organ-harvesting plot involving former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has told judges he thought he was going to Britain to work. The young man was allegedly brought to the UK to donate a…
Police confirm two deaths in Edo protest
Edo State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the death of two people during Wednesday’s protest in Benin City, against the scarcity of new naira notes and rejection of old notes by commercial banks in the state. The police Command also said several…
Return €233,000 Ransom, Court Orders Top Kidnapper, Evans
THE Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has ordered kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, known better as Evans, to refund the sum of €233,000 ransom he collected from one of his victims, Chief Donatus Duru. It was gathered by Hobnob…
Supreme Court adjourns suit on old/new naira notes
The Supreme Court has adjourned the suit filed by state governments to challenge the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Supreme Court adjourned the case till Wednesday, February 22 for a hearing of the consolidated suits by…
Courts Reject Old Naira Notes, Turn Lawyers, Litigants Back
THERE was pandemonium on Monday at the high courts in Lagos State as lawyers and litigants were unable to file their court processes using the old naira notes for payment. Officials at the high court registries rejected the old naira notes, saying…
Court seals Rivers Purchase of Kidney island and OML11 stakes
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an order restraining Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) from interfering with the Government of Rivers State’s title, right, and interest over fixed landed assets comprised in Kidney Island Base,…
Appeal Court Sacks APC Senatorial Candidate For Taraba South District
THE Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Hon. Danjuma Shidi as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Taraba South Senatorial District election and now recognised Hon. David Jimkuta as the authentic candidate ahead of the 2023 election.…
Appeal Court Dismisses APM’s Suit Seeking To Disqualify Obi
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the Allied People’s Movement seeking to disqualify the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, from contesting the forthcoming presidential election. In the appeal marked:…
Court Of Appeal Dismisses Senator Sandy Onor’s Suit Seeking Disqualification Of APC Governorship Candidate, Senator Bassey Otu And His Running Mate
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, on Saturday, the 4th of February, 2023, dismised the appeal by the Peoples’ Democratic Party & it’s gubernatorial candidate in the February, 2023 general election in Cross Rivers State, Senator Sandy Onor,…