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The Accord Party has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to throw out a suit seeking the disqualification of all its candidates for the 2027 general elections, describing the case as incompetent, premature and already caught by statutory time limits. The party set out its position in a preliminary objection filed through its counsel,…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed December 2 for judgment in the N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik fixed the date on…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, ordering him to enter his defence in a five-count charge alleging unlawful interception of the telephone communications of National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik held that the Department of State Services had…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the eight-count criminal charge against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of posing as Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). The decision does not end the prosecution. The Federal Government has moved the case to the High Court of the Federal Capital…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has declared that the party has moved beyond the period of uncertainty caused by prolonged litigation and is now focused on rebuilding ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ohuabunwa expressed confidence that the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday closed one of Nigeria’s most consequential terrorism trials by handing life sentences to two senior commanders of the Ansaru group, only for the Department of State Services to reject the punishment within hours and announce plans to seek a stiffer penalty at the Court of Appeal….
Nearly a billion naira that flowed for years into hundreds of bank accounts tied to workers who may never have existed now belongs to the Federal Government, after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the permanent forfeiture of N941,994,079.86 traced to an alleged ghost worker scheme buried inside the country’s central payroll…
The federal government has filed a ten-count criminal charge against three men accused of kidnapping schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State. The prosecution filed the case at the Federal High Court in Abuja following a sweeping counter-terrorism investigation. The state accuses the defendants of terrorism, kidnapping, concealment, incitement, and running illegal mining operations. Department of…
The battle for control of the Peoples Democratic Party returned to familiar ground on Friday, as a Federal High Court in Abuja struck out a suit that sought to force the electoral umpire to recognise the Kabiru Turaki led Interim National Working Committee, leaving one of Nigeria’s oldest political parties still split down the…
Seven prime properties spread across Lagos and Delta State, along with 2.045 million dollars in cash and two share certificates linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, have been permanently forfeited to the Federal Government after the Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026, brought a two year legal contest to…