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Litigation
Imo: Court Stops PDP Primary In Aboh-Mbaise Constituency
The court of appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has stopped the planned rerun primary of the Peoples…
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Litigation
Supreme Court Sacks Bwacha As Taraba APC Guber Candidate
The supreme court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
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The Bench
Adamawa Gets 6 New Judges
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on Tuesday inaugurated six new judges. The governor, during the swearing-in of the judges…
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The Bench
Kogi Assembly Confirms Majebi As Substantive Chief Judge
The Kogi State House of Assembly has confirmed Justice Josiah Joe Majebi as the substantive chief Judge of the state.…
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The Parliament
Will Buhari Assent To Constitution Amendment Bills Before Him?
After months of waiting, the National Assembly had so far received responses from state houses of assemblies who were were…
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Litigation
Court Strikes Out Suit Seeking INEC To Allow Voting Without PVCs
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to compel INEC to allow the use of…
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Litigation
Diaspora Voting: Nigerians Living Abroad To Know Fate Feb. 15
The Federal High Court, Abuja will on February 15 deliver judgment in a suit filed by Nigerians of voting age…
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Crime
Alleged N15.5bn Fraud: Court Orders Police To Produce Bamise Ajetunmobi
The Lagos High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi has granted an application compelling a judgement debtor, Bamise Ajetunmobi, to appear…
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Crime
Forfeiture: Diezani Renews Bid To Reclaim Forfeited Properties
Diezani Alison Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources has initiated a process at the Federal High Court, Abuja, to…
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Opinion
INEC, CBN And The Weekend of Extensions – By REUBEN ABATI
Over the weekend, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decided to extend the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters…
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Opinion
One Country, Two Justice Systems – By LILLIAN OKENWA
A justice system that allows a man to be sentenced to death for stealing N57,000, while those who looted public…
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Opinion
Why Philanthropy Stops At Building A Courthouse – By CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU
“Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course…
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Nigerian Lawyers
24 Teams Gun For Glory As 7th Abuja Lawyers’ Soccer League Kicks Off March 4
Organisers of the Abuja Lawyers Soccer League have announced the date for the commencement of the seventh edition of the…
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Litigation
In Fresh Appeal, NNPC Seeks Withdrawal Of Ararume’s N100bn Suit From Judge
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has appealed the refusal of Justice Inyang Ekwo to hear and determine its…
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Litigation
No More 50/50 Share Of Property During Divorce, Kenyan Supreme Court Rules
Kenya’s Supreme Court has abolished the law which allows “50:50 division of matrimonial properties” after divorce. Following the landmark ruling…
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Foreign News
Afghanistan Indefinitely Bans Female Students From Sitting For University Entrance Exam
The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan has ordered private universities not to allow female students to sit for…
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