The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has stopped organized and their affiliates from embarking on any strike or industrial action. The unions had fixed Tuesday November 14 as date for a total nationwide strike after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting in Abuja The unions decision is labour’s reaction to the alleged assault on…
Former governor of the Central Bank Godwin Emefiele has been granted bail. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted Emefiele, bail. The judge ordered that Emefiele be released immediately to his lawyers, who were charged with the responsibility of producing him in court for his arraignment next week or at…
A court in Osun state has convicted five men for cyber-stalking and defrauding former Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of the sum of N38 million. The convicts reportedly blackmailed the speaker with his 13-second nude video which was leaked on the internet in 2018. However, an investigation carried out by Osun…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified of the election of three members of the House of Representatives that emerged on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State. Those sacked by the court over their invalid nominations by the PDP, were Peter Gyendeng representing Barkin-Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency; Musa Bagos…
The court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld the ruling of the Enugu state House Of Assembly election petition tribunal which dismissed the petition of Labour party candidate Thaddeus Utazi. In doing so the Court upheld the election of Hon. Chukwuma Martins Ekwueme as the member representing Uzouwani Constituency in Enugu State House of Assembly….
A 37-year-old auxiliary nurse, Fisayo Ogedengbe arrested by the police in connection with the death of popular singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has been sent to custody by the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba. There are claims that the nurse gave the late singer some injections that resulted in his death. The…
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from denying that it issued the NYSC certificate being paraded by Enugu governor, Peter Mbah. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement on Monday, November 6, held that the evidence before the court showed that the Enugu governor properly took part in the…
The embattled Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State Hudi Yunusa-Ari on Monday failed to appear in court where he was to be arraigned. This follows the failure of the police to serve the hearing notice to Yunusa-Ari. Justice Benjamin Manji of the State High Court in Yola subsequently ordered…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has fixed Monday November 6 2023 for hearing in the appeal of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) against his All Progressive Congress (APC) rival, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna. The governor had filed an appeal to challenge the nullification of his election by the Kano…
A public policy think tank, group, the Neo Africana Centre, NAC, has expressed satisfaction with the decision of the Supreme Court to revisit the December 20, 2019 judgment on the Imo State governorship election of 2019. The unsettled issues around that election have led to disruptions and instability in the State political landscape, culminating in…
