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A panel of the Supreme Court will today (Monday) hear the appeal of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in July 16, 2022, Osun governorship poll, Adegboyega Oyetola, against the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party. Adeleke was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but Justice Tertse Kume-led […]

Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, has asked a federal high court in Abuja to set aside the bench warrant issued against her on July 24, 2020. NAN reports that Alison-Madueke, in a motion on notice by Mike Ozekhome, her counsel, sought an order extending the time within which she could seek leave to […]

OBSCURE LEGAL FACTS BY AROME ABU In Nigeria, it is an offence to park a vehicle in way that blocks or obstructs another parked vehicle. PENALTY Fine of ‎₦2,000 or imprisonment for 3 months or both. See Regulation 163(2)(e) of the National Road Traffic Regulations. Arome Abu is the Managing Partner of TCLP. CAVEAT: Note […]

Pan-Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-political group, Igbo Patriotic Forum (IPF), has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Oriwoola, to shelve plans of swearing in politicians whose cases are before the tribunal, in the just concluded general polls. Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), have challenged the presidential […]

The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has said the Northern Governors of the APC did not necessarily want the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to be President of Nigeria when they supported the power shift to the southern part of the country. According to Lalong, who was also the […]

The decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt consensus in picking its candidates for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly may have upset moves by the opposition parties to hijack the process of installing the legislative heads. President-elect Bola Tinubu; the party’s National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu; Deputy National Chairman (North) Senator Abubakar […]

A10th National Assembly Senate Presidential aspirant Senator Abdulaziz Yari has said that presiding officers of the Upper Chamber of the Assembly will be determined by the constitutional provision. Yari, a former Zamfara Governor, said this at the weekend while meeting with the executives of the Tinubu Shettima Network (TSN), headed by its National Chairman, Dr […]

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has dispelled the rumours of him jostling to become the Chief of Staff in President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. El-Rufai stated this in Gombe on Saturday while addressing newsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that El-Rufai was in the state to inaugurate the construction of 550 housing units […]

The Enugu State Judicial Service Commission has commenced the appointment of suitably qualified lawyers into the position of Magistrates in the State Judiciary. The announcement was continued in a public notice made available to TheNigeriaLawyer by the Secretary of the Commission, Rose. N. Ebere-Agbo dated 5th of May, 2023. According to the notice, interested lawyers […]

KING Charles III has said he came not to be served but to serve, as tens of thousands of people crowded into Central London in spite of the rain to catch a glimpse of the new king and his wife, Queen Camilla. The new monarch of Great Britain made the pledge in his first remarks […]

– Accuses The Ekanem-Led Electoral Committee Of Committing Irregularities An Uyo-based legal practitioner, Eyibio Udo, has called for the suspension of the ‘upcoming 2023 Uyo branch election’ for not complying with the electoral guideline on the issuance of an operational guideline for the conduct of the election. Mr. Udo who doubles as the Chairman of […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of properties in Abuja and Bayelsa States as well as 30,000 units of MTN shares allegedly linked to a former Commander of the military Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, in the Niger Delta Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe (retd). The properties, comprising several […]