The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has clarified that public opinion, no matter how serious or weighty it might be, cannot override or supersede the constitution of the country. He has, therefore, charged Judges in the country…
The Ebonyi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Prof. Benard Odoh, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, against Governor Francis Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The three-member…
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of former Petroleum Resources Minister, Timipire Sylva from contesting the November governorship election in Bayelsa State. The suit instituted against the All Progressive…
Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, convicted and sentenced one Ukoh Michael Odeh to one year imprisonment. Michael was jailed on one count-charge of fraud brought against him by the Makurdi Zonal Command of…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday struck out the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). In a ruling on the objections against the petition made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shetima and the All Progressives…
The Federal Government on Tuesday applied to withdraw the “illegal possession of firearms” case it filed against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has denied signing Form 48 against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and some of its principals. This was contained in a letter from the Hon. Judge, Chamber, Justice E. Enenche and signed by the…
President Bola Tinubu has condoled to the judicial arm of government over the death of Justice Chima Centus Nweze and Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, two prominent members of the bench. Tinubu in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on…
A group known as the Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society on Tuesday prayed a Federal High Court to allow it hold a watching brief in the arraignment of immediate past Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, charged with…
The immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty before the Federal High Court, Lagos, to a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by the Ministry of Justice. He…
