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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…
Fresh uncertainty has emerged over the pre-trial fate of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai after the Kaduna State High Court postponed his bail hearing to the first week of June 2026. Trial Judge Darius Khobo announced the adjournment on Tuesday as El-Rufai was brought to court under the custody of operatives from the…
Fresh developments have emerged in the legal dispute involving former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, as parties in the case have opted to pursue an out-of-court settlement. Proceedings before the Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Hauwa Yilwa, were stalled on Monday after counsel to Nnaji informed the court…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is currently at the Federal High Court in Kaduna where the presiding judge is expected to deliver a ruling on his bail application in the ongoing trial bordering on alleged financial improprieties. The court had on Tuesday adjourned the ruling on the bail application filed by the former…
Proceedings on the bail application of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have been adjourned by a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna to March 31, 2026, following arguments from both the prosecution and defence. The adjournment was announced on Tuesday after counsel representing both sides presented their positions before the court, setting the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, who was handed 72 years imprisonment for money laundering involving N868.46 million. The Federal High Court in Abuja delivered the judgment following Nwabuoku’s prosecution on nine amended counts of money laundering. The…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has been released from custody, with the Kebbi State chapter of the African Democratic Congress confirming his return and welcoming him back to the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Habibu Abubakar Sambo, described the development as the end of a difficult period…
Nigeria’s constitutional eight year tenure limit for governors has again come under judicial interpretation after a ruling of the Federal High Court in Akure barred Lucky Aiyedatiwa from contesting the 2028 governorship election in Ondo State. Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke, who presided over the case, ruled that allowing Aiyedatiwa to seek another term after…
Mr. El-Rufai, a man whose career has been defined by a sharp tongue and an even sharper intellect, now finds himself ensnared by his own rhetoric. The DSS alleges that during a televised interview, he essentially confessed to tapping the phone of Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser. It is a charge that manages to…
