Tag: legal challenge
Court adjourns suit to stop National Conference
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed 8 May for hearing in a suit filed by a constitutional…
Sanusi sues Jonathan over suspension
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan…
Video: I will challenge my suspension in court, says Sanusi
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, removed today by President Goodluck Jonathan as governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank says he will mount…
Gay Nigerians mull legal challenge of new law
Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised…
Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Judge asks Lagos AG for written response
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the Lagos State Attorney General (AG) to address it on…
Graduate sues NYSC for denial of enrolment
A university graduate, Terna Tarka, on Tuesday filed a suit at a Nigerian Federal High Court, Lagos, challenging alleged denial…
Zimbabwe: Electoral official quits,Tsvangirai to go court
A top Zimbabwean election official has resigned over the conduct of elections in an explicit condemnation of President Robert Mugabe’s…
Commercial motor-cyclists sue Gov. Oshiomhole
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian Operators of Commercial motorcycles,popularly known as ‘Okada riders’, have dragged Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to…
Court sets date for Amaechi’s challenge of PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A high Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Nigeria’s oil state of Rivers has accepted to…
NGF: Fashola wants court to stop pretender Jang
The battle for the soul of the Nigerian Governors Forum has shifted to the court as Governor of Lagos State,…
Jonathan sued over amnesty deal for Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As President Goodluck Jonathan battles to repair the ship of the Presidential Committee set up to…
Judge’s Absence Stalls Suit Against Lekki Toll Gate
Jamiu Yisa The case filed by Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, challenging the proposed toll fee on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge came…
Nigeria’s musical body sued for copyright violations
The Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria and seven others were on Tuesday charged before a Federal High Court in Lagos…
Ojukwu’s Eldest Son Sues Bianca
By AKIN KUPONIYI Chief Debe Odumegwu-Ojukwu, eldest son of the late Biafran warlord, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (Eze Ndigbo Gburugburu) has…
Must Nigerian governors have security vote?
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Must Nigerian governors continue to vote for themselves billions of Naira that they do not account for, in…
Bakassi natives sue Nigeria over cession to Cameroon
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of the 10th October deadline for Nigeria to appeal against the Green Tree Agreement between…
PDP denies pact with Governor Oshiomhole
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter on Sunday denied going into secret pact with Governor Adams…