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The Federal High Court, Abuja, has admitted in evidence, the final account tendered by Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Metuh tendered the document on Tuesday at the resumed hearing, detailing how the sum of the N400 million for which he is standing trial, […]

A 46-year-old businessman, Mr Tochi Michael, has dragged Justice Tanko Mohammed, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) before an FCT High Court over alleged age falsification. In the originating summon with suit No. FCT/HC/BW/CV/79/2019, filed before the court in April, the petitioner alleged that the CJN deliberately falsified his […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to stop the inauguration of the Imo State Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, on May 29. In his judgment, the presiding judge, Justice P.A. Rimgim, said the plaintiff, Clifford Eze, who was the governorship candidate of the Democratic […]

Justice Chukwujeku Aneke will on Wednesday (tomorrow) hear a suit filed by former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, challenging a “No Debit Order” placed on her bank accounts.   Patience had filed the suit in 2016 to challenge the order placed on four Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank Ltd) accounts […]

Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court sitting in Ungogo Wednesday halted the appointment and installation of four new emirs by the Kano State government, asking parties in the dispute to maintain status quo pending the determination of a suit challenging the appointments. The state high court had […]

A legal practitioner based in Lagos, Dr. Charles Mekwunye has dragged the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja seeking to stop the planned listing of MTN shares on the floor of Nigeria Stock Exchange. In the suit marked as FHC/ABJ/CS/2019, Dr Mekwunye is […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday re-arraigned a Judge of the Federal High Court, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin Obla, over alleged money laundering charges. EFCC charged Ofili-Ajumogobia and Obla on 18 counts bordering on conspiracy, unlawful enrichment, retention of crime proceeds and money […]

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will today formally commence hearing in the petitions filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his party, the PDP, and three other political parties and their presidential candidates against the victory of President Muhammadu […]