Judiciary

  The Court of Appeal, Abuja has affirmed the nomination of incumbent House of Representatives member, Chief Thomas Ereyitomi, as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming House of Representatives election, for Warri Federal Constituency Seat in Delta State. A three-member panel of the appellate court took the decision on Wednesday, shortly…

  The trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika on alleged abuse of office in the award of ₦599M consultancy contract by the Federal Ministry of Aviation took a new dimension on Thursday when a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Christopher Odofin admitted at the High Court of the…

Defamation: Appeal Court Quashes Case Against Saraki • Says it’s an abuse of court process, infringement of constitutional rights Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the criminal defamation and cyberbullying case filed by the Kwara State Government against former Senate…

  Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 20 to rule on whether the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar can be permitted to amend his suit seeking to prohibit President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the 2027 presidential election. The Judge fixed…

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has counseled senior judges in the country to imbibe the habit of mentoring junior judicial officers to allow for seamless transfer of knowledge in the best interest of adjudications. Justice Kekere-Ekun gave the administration while speaking at the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Annual Conference in…

  A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Dr Ali Mohammed on Wednesday admitted at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the ₦124.86 billion withdrawn by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from the Consolidated Revenue Account of the federal government was not traced to Godwin Emefiele He…

A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Court 9 presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, has dismissed a suit that sought to invalidate the Kwara State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Yakubu Danladi Salihu. The Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1112/2026 was filed by Citizen Awareness Against Corruption & Social Vices…

  The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has petitioned the Department of State Services, DSS, over a purported anti-North statement attributed to him and widely circulated on Facebook and other digital platforms. In the petition dated Wednesday, September 9, 2026 and signed by his Chief of Staff, Chinedu Akubueze, Akpabio urged the DSS…

  Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Shendam branch, Plateau State, Barrister Gabriel Nkup Tsenyen be remanded in the Custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS) in Abuja. The lawyer who is also a chieftain of the…

  Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal has said contempt for the rule of law and due process by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will cost the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the 2027 governorship election in Adamawa State. Lawal revealed that he is poised for a legal battle with ADC…