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Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated its November 29, 2022 order committing the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba to prison for contempt. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling on Wednesday, held that there was evidence…

Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been imprisoned for three month for disobeying a court order by the Federal High Court, Abuja. The judgment was delivered by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon and issued the order…

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to sack the Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on account of illegality in the process that produced the…

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, and presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike, on Tuesday, October 4, reserved October 27, 2022, for ruling on Nnamdi Kanu’s 8-point application over the alleged Federal Government’s…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has instructed the Labour Party and its supporters, in support of Peter Obi, not to converge at the Lekki toll gate for its #Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally billed to hold on the 1st of…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has been ordered by Federal High Court to transmit the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the biodata information of an alleged minor to the Attorney General of the Federation, for onward…

The culpable homicide case against Peter Nwachukwu for the alleged murder of his wife, Osinachi, was dismissed by the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday, June 20. Osinachi, the singer of the popular gospel song Ekwueme,…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 14, convicted and sentenced two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal to two…

The ability of statutory delegates to partake in the upcoming primaries to elect the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress on (APC) June 6, 2022, remains uncertain. This was after a Federal High Court in Kano…

Following the ban of motorcyle operators also known as Okada riders in some parts of Lagos State, the Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria (MTUN) have expressed their grievances in a Federal High Court against Lagos State Government.…

Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State, finally stood before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, May 30, where he pleaded not guilty to the Federal Government's N2.9 billion corruption charges. On Tuesday, May 24,…

Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Thursday, May 26, filed a new bail application with the Federal High Court. Abba Kyari and three of his co-defendants asked Justice Emeka Nwite to grant them bail because…

Justice Muhammed Sani of Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced 24-year-old Taiwo Oluwapelumi Emmanuel from Ibadan, Oyo State, to six months’ imprisonment for a one-count charge bordering on impersonation. Emmanuel allegedly…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ruled that the federal government’s conduct of marriages is unconstitutional, declaring all solemnisations of unions at Ikoyi marriage registry in the state to be illegal and invalid. The court,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit to invalidate the election of Professor Charles Soludo in the just concluded Anambra State governorship poll. The suit seeks to nullify the victory of the governor-elect and the…