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Speaker of Bauchi state house of assembly, Abubakar Suleiman has been sacked by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.   The appellate which removed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member as lawmaker representing Ningi Central Constituency in Ningi local government area of the state on Friday, November 24, ordered a …

The Court of Appeal has affirmed the March 18 election of Sheriff Oborevwori as goveror of Delta state. The judgment was delivered on Friday, November 24, nearly two months after the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal upheld Oborevwori’s election.   The three-member tribunal headed by Justice C.H. Ahuchaogu dismissed …

An appeal from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) seeking an order to set aside a judgement restraining the commission from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country, has been dismissed by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja.    Justice Omotosho dismissed all the grounds put forward …

Main opposition party calls it president’s ‘attempt to eliminate the constitutional order’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has waded into a brewing judicial crisis, accusing the country’s highest court of making mistakes and defending an unprecedented criminal investigation against its judges. The comments on Friday stoked a debate over the …

The National Industrial Court has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, as well as their affiliates from embarking on any form of strike or industrial action.   The labour unions were ordered to stop their planned nationwide strike scheduled to commence on November 14.   President …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the victory of Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah in the March 18 governorship election.    The court dismissed the appeal filed by the Labour Party governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, as lacking in merit and upheld the judgment of the Enugu Governorship …

A man, Suleiman Ahmed, on Thursday, November 9, dragged his neighbour, Abdulrahman Musa, to a customary court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly insulting and slapping him.   Musa was charged with insult, assault, criminal intimidation and defamation of character contrary to Sections 378, 329, 376 and 371 of the …

A Zimbabwean man has approached a court to seek protection against his wife he accused of allegedly beating him up and pouring hot water on his private p@rt.   Jesnine Nhapu approached the Harare Civil Court, alleging that his wife, Rumbidzai Nyakonda, beat him up, caused violence and spewed hot …

A former member of the House of Representatives for Jos South East Federal Constituency, Dachung Musa Bagos, has claimed that four persons in his constituency died after he was sacked by the Appeal Court on Tuesday, Nov. 7.   The former lawmaker stated this when he appeared on Channels TV …

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, bail.   At his bail hearing today November 8, the judge ordered that Emefiele be released immediately to his lawyers and ordered the lawyers to produce him …