By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Mr Hassan Abdullahi as the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP)’s bonafide candidate for the Kogi governorship election on Nov. 11. Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho, held that havingContinue Reading
By Judith Ezeudogu Mr Raphael Chima, a businessman, on Tuesday, dragged his wife, Joy, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi because she frequently beats him. He made the allegation in a divorce petition he filed against her before the court. “My wife physically abuses and harasses me. She slaps meContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, has sought a 150 million dollars compensation from Google and GoDaddy.com over allegations bordering on the shutdown of his YouTube Audio domain name after eight years of promotional and marketing works. Peter, through his lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong of Fred-Young & Evans LP,Continue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Bwari has abruptly closed a case filed by the Nigerian Police against the National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, and another over alleged conspiracy to alter a judgment of the Supreme Court deliveredContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says it will be injustice for the indigenous people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), if the current administration does not give the FCT a ministerial slot. Olajengbesi, who is the Managing Partner at the Law Corridor, a law firmContinue Reading
By Florence Onuegbu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday, said the government installed 48 Obas from June 2020 to May 2023. Sanwo-Olu made this known at the State House Ikeja during the inauguration of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, for another fiveContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France, on Tuesday, began a two-day training for 30 members of the National Committee Against Torture (NCAT) on the legal framework on torture and effective implementation of the Anti-Torture Act, 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian Government InauguratedContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie Some Abuja- based Legal Practitioners have warned that Law Enforcement Agencies should not turn to debt collectors. The Legal Practitioners gave the warning at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The press briefing was aimed at addressing vital issues across various sectors of the country asContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) not to take further action in respect of the oil mining lease suit filed by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter. Justice InyangContinue Reading
By Adenike Ayodele A visually impaired man, Francis Ugachukwu is to cool his heels in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl, (name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court remanded theContinue Reading
