Category: Legal

INEC Asks Court to Lift Order Halting Dino Melaye’s Recall

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside an earlier order of the court, suspending the recall...

Melaye’s Recall; Kogi State APC Files Lawsuit Against INEC

The Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday served the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the notice of a lawsuit against the...

Melaye’s Recall; All Eyes on CJN

It is not yet uhuru for embattled Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye. This is because...

U.S. Files Suit to Recover $144m ‘Stolen’ Oil Money from Omokore, Others

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking to recover assets that include a $50 million Manhattan apartment and an $80 million yacht that it said were...

I Didn’t Send Anybody to Attack Melaye, Taufiq Isa Tells Court

The administrator of Ijumu local government area of Kogi state, Alhaji Taufiq Isa, on Thursday told a Kogi state high court, sitting in Lokoja that he never sent anybody...

Does The Senate Have Powers to Investigate Edward Onoja?

By Section 88(1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) the Senate/HOR has power to direct or cause to be directed investigation...

$1.6 billion Fraud: Court Adjourns Omokore’s Trial

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Jide Omokore, the embattled chairman of Atlantic Energy Brass Development and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept...

NBA National Crisis: Civil Society Organizations Petitions CJN, Urges NBA to Obey Court Order

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Thursday at a rally in Abuja, urged Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to obey court order that nullified election which...

Dino Melaye’s Recall: Court Orders INEC to ‘Maintain Status Quo’

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered parties involved in the planned recall of a senator, Dino Melaye, to maintain Statusquo. Mr. Melaye’s lawyer,...

$1.6 Billion Fraud: Court Admits Evidence Against Omokore

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, on July 5, 2017, admitted evidence tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in...