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Again, court nullifies PDP's 2025 Ibadan convention, bars INEC from recognising its outcomes

Nigeria, March 30 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja, again, on Monday, nullified the Ibadan, Oyo State, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held last November, and barred the Independent National Electora... Read More


Court orders INEC to let GRIP complete registration as political party

Nigeria, March 27 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to permit the Grassroot Initiative Party (GRIP) to complete its registrati... Read More


Court dismisses suit challenging political parties' nomination fees

Nigeria, March 25 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit challenging what it described as the exorbitant fees charged by political parties for their card-carrying members to ... Read More


Court orders final forfeiture of $13m linked to socialite Aisha Achimugu's company

Nigeria, March 25 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a sum of $13 million traced to businesswoman and socialite Aisha Achimugu's firm to be permanently forfeited to the Nigerian government... Read More


Yelwata attack suspect slumps in court, judge postpones terrorism trial

Nigeria, March 24 -- The trial of nine defendants linked to the June 2025 Yelwata, Benue State, massacre stalled on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja after one of the suspects slipped into un... Read More


NBA condemns judge's conduct of asking lawyer to kneel down in court

Nigeria, March 17 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday condemned an attempt by a Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Mohammed Umar, to subject a lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, to a stress-posit... Read More


Suspected Ansaru commanders confessed to receiving weapons training in Libya, SSS operative tells court

Nigeria, March 17 -- A State Security Service (SSS) operative on Monday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that two suspected commanders of terrorist group Ansaru confessed to receiving weapons trai... Read More


Prosecution witnesses detail bank transactions linking Malami's son, wife in N8.7bn money laundering trial

Nigeria, March 17 -- Two prosecution witnesses gave some details of some bank transactions of a company linking a wife and son of former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami during... Read More


Alleged N1.35bn Fraud: Court fixes date to begin retrial of ex-governor Sule Lamido, sons

Nigeria, March 13 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 1 April for the commencement of the Supreme Court-ordered retrial of former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, his two sons and others o... Read More


El-Rufai's lawyer criticises ICPC over 'leaks' linking ex-governor to Cairo properties, demands his release

Nigeria, March 10 -- Detained former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai's legal team has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of fabricating narrati... Read More