Tag: court
Court suspends judgment in suit to sack Saraki, Melaye, others for defection
The Federal High Court, Abuja has suspended delivery of judgment in a suit filed by an advocacy group, Legal Defence…
You can’t suspend Ikorodu NBA Chairman – Court
An Ikeja High Court has granted an injunction restraining the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) from suspending Mr Bayo Akinlade, the…
Court didn’t nullify the sale of 9mobile
GSM telecommunications service provider, 9mobile, on Thursday said that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja did not nullify the…
He disrespects my parents, wife tells court, wants divorce
A 37-year-old housewife, Oluwatosin Olalere, prayed an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, to dissolve her 17-year-old marriage to Kamorudee, over his lack…
Kolade Johnson: Dismissed killer-cop arraigned in court
The dismissed Police officer, Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan, who allegedly shot dead Kolade Johnson at Onipetesi area of Agege, Lagos, Southwest…
Bank drags MD To Court for issuing dud Cheque
The Management of Projects Micro Finance Bank Limited on Lagos Island, Lagos has dragged the Managing Director of R.A One…
Sales of 9mobile to Teleology Nigeria illegal, Court rules
An Abuja High Court has nullified the sale of Etisalat Nigeria, which is now 9mobile, to Teleology Nigeria Limited.
My husband is violent, irresponsible, housewife tells court
A housewife, Martha Matthew, on Thursday, begged a Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa State to dissolve her 18-year-old marriage…
Court orders INEC to declare collated constituency results
Justice Bello Kawu of an FCT High Court in Kubwa, on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
Court orders retiree to pay back N933,013 to ex -employer
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has ordered a retiree, Mercy Evborokhai to pay back N933013 to her former employer, the…
Court sacks Delta North senator-elect, Nwaoboshi
The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, sacked Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, the senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District.
Certificate forgery: Court nullifies nomination of Adeleke for Osun guber poll
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday nullified the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Court throws out AAC suit seeking to stop collation of results in Rivers
The Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out a suit seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC…
16-year Obaship tussle: Akiolu is authentic paramount ruler of Lagos, Court rules
The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Friday declared Oba Rilwan Akiolu as the authentic paramount…
Court orders arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,…
Court dismisses NECA, Nigeria Breweries’ suit against Lottery Commission
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the Nigeria Employer's Consultative Association, NECA, and the…
Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing ex-Deputy Governor’s daughter
An Ondo State High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, Seidu Adeyemi for killing his girlfriend, Khadijat Oluboyo, who…
Court orders INEC to conduct Supplementary election in Adamawa
The Adamawa State High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct supplementary governorship election in Adamawa…
Man, 28, docked for allegedly stealing motorcycle
A 28-year-old man, Dankaratu Kareem, was on Monday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for…
Ex-FCT minister heads to court as INEC declares Lalong re-elected
Senator Jeremiah Useni, gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has vowed to challenge the re-election of…
Court remands bricklayer for alleged sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 32-year-old bricklayer, Osas Omo, who allegedly sexually assaulted an eight-year-old…
Bauchi polls : Court fixes March 25 for judgment
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed March 25 to deliver judgment on a suit seeking to stop (INEC)from resuming…
Court nullifies Omo-Agege’s candidacy
A Federal High Court in Asaba on Monday nullified the candidacy of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central and other…
Court dissolves 22-year-old marriage over lack of love
An Agege Customary Court in Lagos, has dissolved a 22-year-old marriage between a driver, Kasali Raji, 64, and his wife…
‘I’m going to court,’ Hope Uzodinma rejects Imo guber poll results
The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Imo State, Hope Uzodinma says he is heading to court to challenge the…
N11.5bn fraud: Court adjourns Akala, others’ case due to witness’ absence
Justice Olalekan Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Wednesday adjourned the trial of the…
N10.3m scam: Court orders Nigerian surety to produce Briton
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has given a Nigerian surety, Nurudeen Ekundayo, till June 24, 2019…
INEC must allow Atiku, PDP access to all electoral materials, court orders
A three-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday granted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and…
Court stops APC governorship candidate in Taraba from contesting election
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Wednesday disqualified Mr. Sani Danladi, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives…
Ex-nursery school staff charged with manslaughter
Akin Kuponiyi A former staff of a Lagos-based private nursery school, Rukayat Amisu, has been remanded in prison by a…