Category: Legal

Kogi East Senate Tussle: Court Grants Aidoko Leave to Transfer Case from Presiding Judge

By Yusuf Abubakar. The Federal High Court, Abuja today entertained the request filed by Kogi East senator, Atai Aidoko Ali ‎to transfer the fresh retrial ordered by...

Special Court Session Holds in Honour of Late Justice Aromeh Akogu in Idah

High Court of Justice  in Kogi State on yesterday held a Special Court Session in honour of late Justice Arome Benson Akogu who died on the 31st of December last...

Kogi East Senate Tussle: Abdulrahman Railway Derails Again

The legal train of Senator Abubakar Abdulrahman Railway has again derailed in its move to reclaim his Kogi East Senatorial mandate. The lawyers who handled his motion...

Kogi East: Aidoko In Senate, Not Contempt Of Court

Senator Atai Aidoko remains the bonafide representative of the people of Kogi East as the appeal court ruling on application of lack of jurisdiction did not affect his...

Justice Aromeh Benson Akogwu of Kogi High Court is Dead

Justice Aromeh Benson Akogwu, the Kabba Resident High Court Judge in Kogi  is dead. It was gathered that the judge died in Anyigba on December 31, 2017 at about 11:40pm...

Parties Bicker Over N2.6bn Judgement Against Dangote Group

A cueing fingers are being pointed over an alleged move to transfer a case involving the Fangirl Group from the Lokoja Division if the Federal High Court to the Abuja...

Alleged Double Registration Saga of Gov. Yahaya Bello: What The Law Says

INTRODUCTION The recent hide-and-seek game played between the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Governor...

Court Documents Show Senator Aidoko Lied, His Seat Was Declared Vacant

Contrary to claims by embattled Kogi East Senator, Attai Aidoko, that he remains the rightful occupant of the Kogi East senatorial seat, court documents indicate the...

Dangote Bows to Court Ruling on Disputed Mine Site

After a long battle with BUA Group over the ownership of a mine site in Okpella, Edo State, Dangote Group and its subsidiaries have agreed to respect the court order...

Probe of Past Governments, Court Restrains Kogi Governor

A Kogi State high court sitting in Lokoja has restrained Gov. Yahaya Bello from implementing the white paper of  a judicial panel of inquiry he set up to probe the...