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in Big StoryCourt Dismisses Suit Seeking Mbu’s Sack
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed the suit seeking to sack Mbu Joseph Mbu, assistant inspector general of Police over his alleged abuse of power. In his ruling on Tuesday, Buba said no court in Nigeria can declare the office of a police officer of the rank of AIG […] More
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in Big StoryEgypt Court To Retry Mubarak
Ousted Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, has been ordered to stand trial all over again over the killing of protesters in 2011 by an Egyptian appeals court. The former president was cleared in a retrial in November 2014 after he was initially jailed for life over the death of 800 people during the revolution. He was […] More
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Court Adjourns Ruling on Buruji’s Application to May 27
The supremacy battle between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a PDP chieftain in Ogun State seems to have shifted from the political scene to the law court. He is asking the court to prevent his possible extradition to the United States, US. Today Friday, May 8, a federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, heard […] More
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Court Lifts Ban On Obasanjo’s Book
Justice Valentine Ashi of an FCT High Court, Abuja has ordered the lifting of the injunction barring former President Olusegun Obasanjo from publishing his autobiography, My Watch. In the judgment delivered on Tuesday, the judge also ordered the release of seized copies of the book from the custody of the Nigerian Customs Service to Obasanjo. […] More
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in NewsCourt Stops Cancels Restriction of Movement on Sanitation Days
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State has stopped monthly environmental sanitation exercise held on every last Saturday of the month in Lagos State. Delivering judgement in a suit filed by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, human rights activist and Lawyer who challenged the legality of the 3 hours restriction, Justice Mohammed Idris held on Monday […] More
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Court To Arraign 10 Suspects Over Ejigbo Torture
The 10 people who allegedly tortured and sodomised three women purportedly for stealing pepper at Oba Morufu International Market, Ejigbo, Lagos in February 2013 will now be arraigned before an Ikeja High Court on March 3, 2015. The arraignment of the suspects before justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye on Monday was adjourned to the new date because […] More
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APC Threatens Court Action Against DSS
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it will sue the Department of State Service, DSS, for Saturday’s invasion of its Lagos State secretariat. Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, said this in an interview on Sunday. “We will definitely go to court to seek redress and enforce our fundamental rights. Two days […] More
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Court Lifts NAFDAC Ban On Abalaka’s HIV Vaccines
A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on Friday, November 14, lifted the ban placed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on the use of Dr. Jeremiah Abalaka’s patented vaccines for the treatment of HIV. The Court, which was presided over by Justice Binta Nyako, also stopped […] More
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Ex-Police Officer Docked For Stealing, Impersonation
Victor Banor, a dismissed Police Officer, has been remanded in police custody over allegations of stealing and impersonation. Banor had approached a Federal High court sitting in Lagos to declare his continued detention in Police custody illegal, while claiming that it was an infringement on his fundamental human rights. Banor was allegedly apprehended with a […] More
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in Big StoryTambuwal: Court Orders Maintenance of Status quo
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has again issued an interim order that status quo be maintained on the rights and privileges of Aminu Tambuwal. The court ordered that the status quo be maintained pending the determination of preliminary application filed by defendants over the jurisdiction of the court on the substantive suit. Justice Ahmed […] More
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Court to Decide Nyako’s Fate on Adamawa Governorship Today
A Lagos Federal High Court will today, rule in a rights enforcement suit seeking the reinstatement of Murtala Nyako, impeached Governor of Adamawa State. Olukoya Ogungbeje, a lawyer and rights activist, had filed the suit in August arguing that Nyako’s impeachment on July 15 was totally illegal. Okon Abang, the trial judge had earlier fixed […] More
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in NewsAppeal Court Rules In Favour of New Number Plates
The Court of Appeal, Lagos, has ruled that the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has the power to issue out the new number plates. The ruling, which was delivered by Justice Shagbaor Ikegh on Friday, October 31, was made available to newsmen yesterday in Lagos. The plaintiff, Emmanuel Ofoegbu, had filed a suit against the […] More
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