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The National Broadcasting Commission has filed an appeal against a Federal High Court ruling that temporarily barred it from enforcing controversial sections of the 6th Edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, escalating a legal battle that has placed press freedom at the centre of Nigeria’s regulatory debate. The commission filed its Notice of Appeal…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has formally challenged a N100 million defamation judgment delivered against it by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, filing an appeal at the Court of Appeal and simultaneously seeking a stay of execution pending the outcome of the case. In a statement issued on…
A legal dispute between Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and former Kogi State governor Yahaya Adoza Bello has escalated, with the senator rejecting a ₦1 billion damages award and signalling plans to challenge the judgment at the Court of Appeal. The ruling, delivered by Justice A. S. Ibrahim of the Kogi State High Court in Lokoja, found…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in the leadership dispute threatening to fracture the African Democratic Congress, following heated legal arguments over whether courts possess jurisdiction to intervene in the internal affairs of a political party. A five-member panel headed by Justice Mohammed Garba deferred its decision after hearing submissions from all parties in…
The Supreme Court has fixed April 22 for the hearing of an appeal filed by African Democratic Congress National Chairman David Mark, arising from the protracted leadership crisis rocking the political party. A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, fixed the date on Tuesday after granting an accelerated hearing…
A disputed resignation letter and a deepening legal battle have pushed the African Democratic Congress into fresh turbulence, with factional chairman Nafiu Bala publicly rejecting claims that he voluntarily stepped down as deputy national chairman, insisting that the signature on the circulating document was forged and did not belong to him. Bala made his…
A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Lai Olurode, has cautioned the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against proceeding with its planned national convention without securing the explicit endorsement of the electoral body. Speaking on the legal and political implications of the party’s proposed course of action, Olurode said INEC’s…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned a lower court’s decision, awarding ₦10 million in costs against the National Pension Commission (PenCom) for “unlawful labour practices.” A three-member panel, led by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu, ruled that PenCom’s treatment of 20 aggrieved workers was unjustifiable. The workers were officially hired in 2017 but left…
A political support group loyal to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has called on members of a factional caretaker committee aligned with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike to abandon their parallel structure and return to the Peoples Democratic Party’s constitutional leadership. The Seyi Makinde Disciples, through its convener Mr Laja Adeoye, made…
A legal battle that wound its way through three tiers of Nigeria’s judiciary has finally reached a decisive conclusion, with the Supreme Court of Nigeria setting aside the majority ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, and declaring Joshua Ishaku as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2026 Bwari…
