A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Nigerian Police to pay N3 billion in damages to Victor Ogbonna, a spare parts trader who was tortured by members of the disbanded Eagle Crack unit in 2019. The court, presided by Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam, ruled in Ogbonna’s favour after he filed a fundamental human…
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 6, Calabar, one Inspector Wofai Johnson and Jimmy Godwin to pay the sum of N20m to the village head of Oku Ikono in Uyo Local Government Area, for unlawful arrest. The Royal father Eteidung Okon Akpan was arrested…
A three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Lagos has upheld the election of Nwogu Iheanacho, the member representing Osisioma Ngwa North constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly on the platform of Young Progressive Party (YPP). The court dismissed the appeal brought by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Kennedy…
The Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court has fixed December 5, 2023, to commence hearing on the case of the speakership of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The member representing Ahoada East State Constituency II, Edison Ehie, is praying for the court to restrain Martins Amaewhule from parading himself as the Speaker…
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application by the National Broadcasting Commission seeking an order to set aside its judgment restraining the commission from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. The Media Rights Agenda had sued NBC for imposing a fine of N500,000 each on Channels, TVC, AIT, and 42…
A list of 22 Justices of the Court of Appeal nominated by the Federal Judicial Service Commission, FJSC, for elevation to the Supreme Court has been sent to the National Judicial Council, NJC. The names of the nominees, who hail from various regions in the country, were revealed on Thursday. The North-Central region has six…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the March 18 governorship election won by Dauda Lawal and the People’s Democratic Party. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Lawal winner of the election. Lawal, of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election….
The appeal court in Lagos has affirmed the judgment of the tribunal, confirming the return of Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat as the Governor and Deputy Governor of Lagos state. The justices of the court of appeal in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for lack of merit. The…
The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has issued a judgment mandating the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, the Police Service Commission, and four others to compensate Peace Robert, a housewife and mother of two, with the sum of N200m for the unlawful arrest and detention she experienced. Justice Ntong Ntong delivered the…
The Court of Appeal in Lagos will on Wednesday, Nov. 15 rule on the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran challenging the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. A notice sent out by the court to parties in…
