Legal Affairs

I was in court 5 again, yesterday, Wednesday 15th March as the Prosecution was closing and summarizing the alleged offenses. Today, Thursday, all the Defense King's Counsels (KCs) will summarize their submissions. Then tomorrow, Friday…

A good governance group, Govindex Leadership, Empowerment and Development Foundation, has come down hard on President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of contempt by attempting to teleguide and intimidate the Judiciary with regard to the…

An old petition seeking for a criminal review of the drug dealings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the United States of America is fast gaining traction…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, ordered the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police to pay the sum of 5 Million Naira as compensation to Adedotun Clement, an Uber driver who was publicly…

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke over the judgment of the election petition tribunal which annulled his election. The appeal is marked CA/AK/EPT/GOV/01/2023.…

Labour Party's Engineer Peter Idahosa has secured an order of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include him in the list of candidates to contest the Edo State House of…

Legal luminary, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, has lamented the breakdown of morals and the promotion of lawlessness against law and order in Nigeria. The learned silk made the remarks on his Twitter handle, @jibrinSAN, on Friday, following the…

Meet the Supreme Court judges to be held responsible for the suit between the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC):  Read more. —  ©Copyright 2023…

Honorable Justice Joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh who ruled on the suit between the Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been transferred to the Port Harcourt Division of…

Mr. Pius A. Akubo, SAN, whose name was released as part of the 13 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) representing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in court following the recently held presidential election has distanced himself from…