Tag: Court
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Ex-Rivers deputy speaker prays court to sack sole administrator
Mr Marshall Stanley-Uwom, the former Deputy Speaker, Rivers House of Assembly, has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja, to order the removal of the state Sole Administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas. Stanley-Uwom, in a suit filed by his lawyer, Mr Sylvester Evbuomwan, also prayed the court to stop the
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Iron cast verdict: UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, in a decision which could have far-reaching implications for who can access single-sex services and spaces. It came about after the Scottish government included transgender women in quotas to ensure gender balance on public sector boards. Campaign group…
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Alleged defamation: Court strikes out Falana’s suit against VDM
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday struck out the defamation suit filed against an Instagram celebrity Martins Otse, also known as Verydarkblackman (VDM). A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin popularly known as Falz, had filed the defamation suit against VDM.
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Autononomy: LGs drag FG, states to court, Tuesday
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Tuesday hear a suit filed by the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria against the Central Bank of Nigeria and others over the implementation of local government autonomy. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/353/2025, was instituted by the Registered Trustees of ALGON against the Attorney General of the…
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ECOWAS Court rules Kano blasphemy laws contravene Nigeria’s human rights commitments
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has ruled that blasphemy provisions under Kano State law violate Nigeria’s international human rights obligations. The judgment concluded that these laws infringe on the right to freedom of expression as enshrined in
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Alleged cocaine deal: Court orders Abba Kyari, others to enter defence
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, ordered the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, and his co-defendants to enter their defence in the charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on their no-case submission applications, held that a prima face
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Court strikes out Nnamdi Kanu’s N50bn suit against FG
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, struck out a N50 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government.
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Aftermath of S/Court verdict: Obi, Otti summon LP NEC Meeting/stakeholders engagement
Aftermath of the Supreme Court verdict that ended Julius Abure’s chairmanship, the two leading figures of the Labour Party, the 2023 Presidential flag bearer Peter Obi and the sole state Governor of the party, Alex Otti of Abia state, have summoned the National Executive Committee, NEC of the party in Abuja on Wednesday,y, April 9,…
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UPDATED: Court bars Akpoti-Uduaghan, Akpabio, Imasuen from media interviews
The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Friday, restrained Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan; the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others from granting media interviews while the suit filed by Natasha is still pending before the court.
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LP Supreme Court verdict: It’s no victor, no vanquished – Sen Nenadi
Caretaker Committee Chairman of Labour Party Senator Nenadi E. Usman has said today’s Supreme Court verdict reflects no victor no vanguished in the annals of the party. She made this disclosure via a statement she personally signed saying: