A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd). The court, presided over by Justice Z.B Abubakar ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognize all candidates presented by the Kenneth Udeze-led faction of the party. …
Read More »Court orders FG to return Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya and pay him N500m as damages for his illegal extradition
Justice E.N Anyadike of a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, today October 26, ordered the Federal Government to return the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya from where he was extradited and pay him the sum of N500 million as damages following …
Read More »Court orders final forfeiture of over $2.7m Diezani’s Abuja homes, cars
The court consequently adjourned till January 22, 2022, for a report. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja property and two luxury cars belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government.
Read More »Thai PM orders tighter gun control, drugs crackdown after mass killing | CNN
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies to tighten gun ownership rules and crack down on drug use following a mass killing by an ex-policeman at a daycare center that left has the nation in shock. A total of 36 people including 24 children were killed …
Read More »Obaseki vs Orbih: Court Orders INEC To Take Fresh Action On Edo PDP Faction
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize and publish the names of candidates produced by the Governor Godwin Obaseki faction of the Edo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as standard-bearers of the party in the forthcoming 2023 elections. In a judgement …
Read More »U.S. appeals court orders Justice Department to review classified records in Trump probe after lower court ruled in the former president’s favour
The U.S. Justice Department can resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home pending appeal, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday, September 21. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by federal prosecutors to block U.S. District Judge …
Read More »BBNaija S7: Eloswag, Chomzy, Doyin Express Surprise As Biggie Orders Exit From House
Big Brother Naija Season 7 Housemates, Eloswag, Chomzy and Doyin have finally left the Big Brother Naija house. Naija News recalls that the three ‘Level Up’ Housemates were evicted last week but stayed back due to a new twist introduced by the show organizers. The reality TV stars were initially …
Read More »Judge orders teenage trafficking victim to pay $150K in restitution to family of rapist she stabbed more than 30 times to death
A teenage sex trafficking victim from Iowa, US who stabbed her rapist to death was sentenced by a judge on Tuesday September 14, to five years of closely supervised probation and must pay $150,000 restitution to her abuser’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, stabbed her abuser, 37-year-old Zachary Brooks, more than …
Read More »Thai court orders repair of The Beach location 22 years after filming
More than two decades after the Hollywood film The Beach was shot at Thailand’s glittering Maya Bay, the kingdom’s supreme court has ordered officials to press ahead with environmental rehabilitation work. The 2000 adventure drama, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, drew criticism for the impact of the shoot on the once pristine …
Read More »Court orders arrest of two ?monarchs? in Ondo
The Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Friday, September 9, issued arrest warrants for two individuals who had been parading themselves as traditional rulers in Irele and Igodan Lisa in the southern part of the state. Following the application of Charles Titiloye, the Attorney General and Commissioner …
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