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An appeal filed by Ikie Aghwarianovwe, seeking the disqualification of Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.    Aghwarianovwe was seeking the disqualification of Oborevwori from the just concluded governorship election in Delta State, for allegedly supplying false information about his academic qualification and date …

A former Senator representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Adamu Muhammed Bulkachuwa, has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission from investigating and arresting him over the comments he made during the valedictory session of the ninth Senate.   Adamu while speaking at …

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the company, is a defendant in a suit, No LD/6903GCM/2023, before a Lagos High Court, instituted by the Isale Eko Descendants Union (IDU), following its production ‘Gang of Lagos’. The IDU had sued the company, claiming ₦10 billion damages before Justice Idowu …

The conviction and sentencing of Peter Nwaoboshi, a former senator who represented Delta north, to seven years imprisonment over money laundering charges, has been quashed by the Supreme Court in a split decision of four-to-one.   The EFCC had dragged the former lawmaker to court after claiming that Nwaoboshi and …

The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Awka, has remanded a brothel owner, Mrs. Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, 39, and her husband, Okechukwu Okonkwo, 36, for allegedly using underage girls for prostitution purposes in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.    LIB reported …

Five years after her death, the final wishes of music icon Aretha Franklin are yet to be settled.   A trial will begin next Monday to determine which of two handwritten wills, including one found in couch cushions, will guide how her estate will be shared.   According to Mail …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to DCP Abba Kyari on charges bordering on money laundering. Kyari also faces a primary charge of cocaine trafficking, for which he has been denied bail. However, his lawyer, Hamza N. Dantani, shared the news of the court granting Kyari …

Judge Amul Thapar thinks America is misjudging its judges — one in particular. A member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge Thapar has written a new book extolling the judicial approach of Justice Clarence Thomas at a moment when the Supreme Court and Justice Thomas …

The expulsion of former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged anti-party activities was on Monday, July 3, nullified by a federal high court sitting in Abuja.    Justice James Omotosho who presided over the case, held that Nnamani was not given fair …

The US Supreme Court has struck a blow against gay rights after deciding in favour of a Christian graphic-designer who refused to serve same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs.   The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith, who had argued a Colorado law that prevents discrimination based on …