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A first class traditional ruler in Ondo State, the Oluoke of Oke-Igbo in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of the State, Oba Babajide Lawrence Oluwole, has been deposed. A State High Court sitting in Ondo city…

Civil Society Organisations on Friday decried what they described as the incessant disobedience of court orders by the Abdulrasheed Bawa-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the seeming politicisation of the agency’s activities.…

Nigeria’s former deputy senate president and his wife appeared in a London court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for organ harvesting, but his accused daughter was unable to attend as she is in hospital. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, appeared at…

The Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election of Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State and his Deputy, Mrs Monisade Afuye. The Tribunal in its judgment on Thursday in Ado -Ekiti dismissed the petition of the Social Democratic…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of monies and properties recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The items…

A Federal High Court sitting in Minna, the Niger State Capital, has ordered that the Chief of Army Staff, General Farouk Yahaya, be arrested for contempt. Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who issued the warrant and presided over the case, said…

TFederal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a valid court order. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice M. O.…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has slapped the presidential candidate of the People’s Redemption Party, Kola Abiola, with a fine of N20,000 over failure to file his court documents within time. Justice Fadima Aminu, in a ruling,…

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Friday, nullified the last October 15 local government elections conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, in his…

A FEDERAL High Court in Lagos, yesterday, stopped the establishment of the proposed national carrier – Nigeria Air, by the Federal Government. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa reordered the Federal Government and domestic airlines to…