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Advertisement The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba on Tuesday was sentenced to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. Naija News gathered that the ruling was passed at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The presiding judge, Mobalaji Olajuwon passed the judgement on Tuesday following a suit …

The senatorial primary election for Adamawa Central Senatorial District, conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party, which was won by the Speaker of Adamawa State House of Assembly, Aminu Iya-Abbas, has been nullified by Federal High Court I, sitting in Yola.   The judgment was given in a lawsuit filed by Mohammed …

Most people know, but for those that don’t, federal appeals, whether before a three-judge panel or the Supreme Court, involve nothing more than extensive briefs and then a hearing where lawyers attempt to sway things to their strengths, with the judges always free to ask questions to challenge the attorneys. …

A South African woman, Palesa Ya Seponono, has reacted after a court granted bail to her baby daddy who she accused of assaulting her.    LIB earlier reported that Seponono had to get stitches on her face after the suspect, Thabo Lietsoso Sempe, allegedly attacked her with a broken bottle.    It …

The Appeal Court in Yola has affirmed Aishatu Binani as the standard governorship flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state. Earlier, the court nullified the primaries that produced Aishatu Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates for Adamawa states. The court had declared that there would …

The 36 states governors in Nigeria have instructed their lawyers to drag the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to court over the Executive Order on the decision to sell the 10 National Integration Power Project. Naija News reports that this was disclosed in a communique at the end of the governors’ …

Trump is spending his Thanksgiving holiday whining and complaining about a Supreme Court majority that constantly rules against him. Trump posted on Truth Social: In the Supreme Court, the President of the United States does not have “standing” over his own election, how ridiculous? Why would anybody be surprised that …

The crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a different turn as the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a fresh trial of the case pertaining to the emergence of the party’s governorship candidate. Naija News reports that the apex court ordered yesterday that …

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on ruled on Monday November 21, that the decision to release former President Jacob Zuma on early medical parole was “unlawful” and that he should return to prison to finish his sentence for contempt of court.   Last year, Zuma was sentenced to …

Lawmakers are demanding further investigation at the Supreme Court and renewing their calls for binding ethics rules for the justices, after allegations that a landmark 2014 contraception decision was prematurely disclosed through a secretive influence campaign by anti-abortion activists. “The first step to recovery is to admit you have a …