A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), on a temporary bail to enable him go for a glaucoma surgery.
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Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, says he has instructed his lawyer, Maxwell Okpara to sue the apex bank’s special Investigator, Jim Obaze over his report, which he also described as satanic, baseless, defamatory and false.
A Business and Property Court in London presided over by Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales has refused to grant an application by Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) seeking to appeal the judgement stopping the enforcement of its $11 billion award against Nigeria.
In the first part of this write-up, we saw how in 1983, the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), afraid of defeat, capitalised on Shehu Shagari’s perceived likeability and reversed the election timetable and started with a vote for the president.
Is there something with the presidential system of democracy we have twice adopted for ourselves that necessitates involving the courts where judges are made to be the ultimate arbiter between contestants?
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, described as “unlawful” the appointment of Federal Character Commission (FCC) Chairman, Muheeba Dankaka and the Secretary, Bello Tukur, from the northern region by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) plans to pull down 677 houses, while 744 others will be partly demolished over building violations by a developer in Phase 2, Festac Town, Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos State.
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of an FCT High Court has again ordered the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to either produce or release the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Nov. 8.
A Kano High Court presided by Justice Hafsat Yahaya Sani, has remanded the former Managing Director of Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Bala Muhammad Inuwa, and two others in prison custody over alleged fraud of N4 billion.
A Rivers State High Court of Isiokpo Division, on Wednesday, issued an interim injunction, restraining the state House of Assembly and the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, from impeaching Gov. Siminalaye Fubara.