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A Rivers State High Court has ruled that Celestine Omehia is not a former governor of Rivers State and as such not entitled to the pensions meant for former governors and their deputies.   Recall that after Peter Odili’s tenure ended, Celestine Omehia was elected and sworn in as governor …

Former US president, Donald Trump was granted a partial reprieve as an appeals court drastically reduced the $454 million bond he was required to post in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, March 25 and the ex-president said it would be his “honor” to put up the lower …

The four men suspected of carrying out a brutal attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 139 people have appeared in court on terror charges, as the Russian government defended its security services criticized for failing to prevent the massacre. Three of the suspects were bent double …

Brownhill Investment Company owned by Mr Amaju Pinnick, former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Mr David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, have been granted an out-of-court settlement by a Delta High Court sitting in Effurun, Delta State, in their lingering faceoff over an alleged failed contract.    …

Neymar Santos Sr, father to Brazilian-born footballer, Neymar Jr. has revealed that his family won’t be involved in the court case of the convicted former footballer, Daniel Alves.   Neymar da Silva Santos Sr. said in a statement on behalf of his family that they financially supported Alves during his …

A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Ayodeji Alomoge, to death by hanging for killing one Ogunleye Ayomide, for having an affair with his wife.    Alomoge was arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana in April 2023 on one count charge of murder.     …

Michael Jackson’s son, Blanket ‘Bigi’ Jackson has filed legal papers seeking to block his grandmother Katherine from using estate funds in the ongoing legal battle with the estate executors.     Bigi Jackson, 22, formerly known as Blanket, filed paperwork with the court earlier this week, TMZ reported, citing court docs it reviewed.   …

Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu’s request for an order Governor Godwin Obaseki, the House of Assembly and others to maintain the status quo on impeachment proceedings against him, pending determination of a lawsuit he filed, has been declined by a federal high court sitting in Abuja.    Shaibu’s lawyer, …

World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka has been seen preparing for the Miami Open just 24 hours after the shock death of her boyfriend Konstantin Koltsov.       Koltsov, who had been dating Australian Open champion Sabalenka, 25, for three years, died at the age of 42 on Monday in an apparent suicide after …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja has rejected the bail application for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.   In a ruling delivered today March 19, the court ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who …