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Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, better known as Phyna, has petitioned the police after a hair vendor accused her of renting a wig and refusing to return it.  The accusation was made last year and Phyna responded after police invited her over the issue (read here).  Now, she is calling on the …

The Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has been relocated from Lokoja to Abuja by President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem.    The tribunal will now hold its sittings at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way. Mr David Umar Mike, Secretary of the Tribunal, urged litigants …

The Chief Justice Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has reiterated the judiciary’s determination not to be overwhelmed by the sentiments of the “mob” in their decisions.   Many Nigerians have attacked the judiciary following the rulings on electoral matters sacking some governors and lawmakers. They accused the judiciary of being …

Former NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and his company, Brownhill Investment Company Limited, have petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, accusing Davido and his Logistics Manager, Isreal Afeare, of stealing and defamation respectively.   In a petition filed by their counsel, Osaruyi Ayela-Uwangue, Pinnick and his company urged the police …

The three-man panel held that the onus was on the petitioners to prove the issues of over voting, corrupt practices and non compliance to the Electoral Act. The National and State …

A Nigerian man has accused the deputy governor of Edo state, Phillip Shaibu, of ‘’stealing’’ his Daytona Gold wristwatch.    In a video making the rounds on social media, the man said before the general elections, he and some other persons were allegedly ‘’abducted” by security agents attached to the …

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, says the petitions challenging President Bola Tinubu in this year’s presidential election are “terribly hopeless”.   Presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as well as that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, are currently challenging …

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the February 25, 2023, Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, attended a hearing at the Presidential Election Petition Court PEPC today August 1.    Atiku is challenging the emergence of President Tinubu as the winner of the election. Atiku arrived at the …

A bill seeking to amend the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) act to imprison writers of false petitions for two years without an option of fine, has been passed by the Nigerian senate.    The amended bill which initially allowed just a fine of N100,000 as …

The Isale Eko Descendants’ Union (IDU) have written a petition to the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) over the use of the Eyo masquerade in Jade Osiberu’s movie Gangs of Lagos. In the statement signed by chairman of the union, Yomi Tokosi said that the false and disturbing …