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The federal government has been restrained from selling shares of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines by a federal high court sitting in Lagos.    Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa gave the temporary injunction following a lawsuit filed by registered trustees of the Airline Operators in Nigeria (AON), Azman Air Services Limited, Air Peace Limited, …

Former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio has been sacked by the Court of Appeal as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices led by Justice Danlami Senchi while delivering judgement on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file …

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has nullified the All Progressives Congress governorship primary conducted on May 26, 2022.   The judge, Agatha Okeke, ordered the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary within 14 days.   The case was instituted by a former senator, Ita Enang, …

A Lagos High Court has been left in a puzzle after a criminal declared at the court hearing that a voice is asking him to kill an inmate at the Ikoyi prison where he is locked up. The criminal, whose identity is revealed as Nurudeen Bakare, was said to have …

A medical doctor identified as Patrick Eshiwani Amok  has been arraigned in court over the attempted murder of his wife, Catherine Njogi Kamau, and her alleged secret lover, Kennedy Ontiriah Momanyi, who is also a medical doctor.   The doctor who works at Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu branch, appeared before Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi at Milimani …

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the amended seven-count terrorism charge the Federal Government filed against him is baseless and ill-advised. Kanu, who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, through his team of lawyers, argued …

Rappers, Drake and 21 Savage have been ordered by a court to cease the use of a fake Vogue cover in promotion of their new album Her Loss.   A federal judge ordered the rappers to not use fake covers of the magazine, as well as the likeness of the publication’s …

Twitter influencers, Tife and Sansa who were embroiled in a rape saga back in 2020 have withdrawn their legal battle and settled out of court.   LIB had reported that Tife and Sansa were once a popular Twitter couple who flaunted their love on the platform. Things however took a different turn and …

No fewer than seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) have instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the illegal removal of Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC). Naija News understands that the former chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa had been convicted by a High Court sitting in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama for contempt. Bawa was convicted by the court in relation to the commission’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. …