DSS releases eight of Igboho’s aides after 61 days in custody

After 61 gruelling days in the custody of the Department of State Services, eight of the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, have regained their freedom, The PUNCH…

CJN summons six chief judges over conflicting court orders

Ibrahim Muhammad, the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has summoned six chief judges over conflicting orders issued in their courts. The CJN issued the summons on Monday, requesting that the…

Secondus back in office after Kebbi High Court order

Prince Uche Secondus on Friday resumed office following a Kebbi State High Court order that reinstated him as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “We obeyed the…

DSS ignores release warrants for Sunday Igboho’s aides

The Department of the State Service (DSS) has refused to honour the release warrants issued by a federal high court in Abuja for the bail of the 12 associates of…

Court grants Gloria Okolie, suspected IPOB informant, bail

A high court sitting in the federal capital territory (FCT) has asked the Nigerian Police Force to charge Gloria Okolie to court by August 31 or release her. TheCable had…

EXTRA: N100m suit: 14-year old drags Anambra guber candidate, others to court over alleged abduction

A 14-year old boy, Joshua Chimuanya Iheukwumere has dragged the Governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state, to court, alongside 10 others…

Court restores Secondus as PDP National Chairman

Justice Nusirat Umar of the Kebbi State High Court has ordered Uche Secondus to return to his position as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Giving the order…

EXTRA: Retired matron jailed for buying boy N50,000, selling him N200,000 Patrick Odey

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 47-year-old woman, Gertrude Akpan, to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking in children. The convict was said to have…

Tribunal orders Multichoice to pay FG N900bn tax backlog

A Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8trn tax backlog to the Federal…

Court Strikes Out DSS Suit Seeking Further Detention Of Four Igboho’s Aides

A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking to further detain four of the 12 aides of Yoruba…

Court orders release of four Igboho supporters — after 53 days in DSS custody

Obiora Egwatu, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, has signed the order releasing some supporters of Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Operatives of…

Court refuses to join Buni in suit against Andy Uba’s candidacy

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request to include the Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Mai Mala Buni as a defendant in a…

New judge to sign Igboho aides’ release warrant today

A judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected to sign a release warrant of the 12 detained aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as…

Judge travels abroad as Igboho’s aides meet all bail conditions

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has travelled out of the country as the 12 detained aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as…

CJN swears in Justice Baba Yusuf as acting FCT judiciary Chief Judge, five new Kadis

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, on Monday, swore in Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf as acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Judiciary, along…