A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that Senator Nenadi Usman is the valid leader of the Labour Party, ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise her leadership with immediate effect. Justice Peter Lifu, delivering judgment on Wednesday, upheld the Supreme Court’s 4 April 2025 ruling, which nullified earlier court decisions…
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, has appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London for a preliminary hearing in a bribery case brought against her by UK authorities. The hearing took place on Monday before Justice Thornton, ahead of a substantive trial fixed for 26 January 2026. Alison-Madueke was formally charged in August 2023 following…
The prolonged legal battle over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary position ended on Tuesday as Senator Samuel Anyanwu voluntarily withdrew a fresh suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, prompting Justice Mohammed Umar to dismiss the case. Anyanwu’s counsel, U.C. Njemanze-Aku, told the court that the case had been overtaken by events…
The Federal High Court in Abuja will on 25 March deliver its ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of $13 million allegedly linked to Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after hearing arguments from the EFCC and Oceangate’s legal…
A Magistrates’ Court in Sagamu, Ogun State, has postponed the trial of a driver accused of causing a road accident that resulted in the deaths of two aides of former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua. The defendant, Adeniyi Kayode, 45, is standing trial on four counts and appeared in court on Tuesday for further proceedings….
An Abuja court on Monday heard from prosecution witness Umar Babangida that former Power Minister Dr Olu Agunloye acted within the limits of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s financial directives in recommending Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited (SPTCL) for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project. Babangida, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and the third prosecution witness,…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari, Abuja, has scheduled 21 January for the hearing of a land dispute involving the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), AIBEN Properties Ltd and Tolwu Integrated Properties Ltd. Justice M. A. Madugu fixed the date after granting an interim order restraining the FHA and AIBEN Properties Ltd from encroaching…
A Federal High Court in south-western Nigeria has set aside the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary election in Ekiti State, declaring the process invalid and ordering a fresh contest. Justice Babs Kuewumi gave the ruling on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti while delivering judgement in a case brought by PDP governorship aspirant Funsho Ayeni against the party…
A Nigerian federal court has returned for reassignment a high-profile terrorism financing case involving the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, after prosecutors failed to appear at a scheduled hearing. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja made the decision on Tuesday, ordering that the case file be forwarded to the…
Justice David Mann of the Plateau State High Court 1 in Jos on Tuesday sentenced Sgt. Ruya Auta to death by hanging or lethal injection for the culpable homicide of Rinji Bala, a 300-level student at the University of Jos. Bala was shot on May 12, 2020, after being detained along with two friends during…
