Aliyu Sa’ad, 25, who admitted calling his friend gay in court on Thursday, was sentenced to be detained in custody by a Sharia court in Kano State. After Sa’ad entered a guilty plea, the judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, issued the directive. The case was postponed to July 3 for a summary trial by Lawal-Abubakar. Insp. … Read more
On Monday, Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that sought to disqualify Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party over alleged illegal substitution of their running mates. According to the judge, PDP … Read more
The Taraba governorship primary election that resulted in Emmanuel Bwacha being the APC candidate in the 2023 election was declared invalid on Tuesday by a Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo. A disgruntled candidate named David Kente had taken the party and its nominee to court over the designation of Bwacha as the party’s candidate. … Read more
On the directives of Justice Halima Abdulmalik, the High Court in Minna, Niger State, has issued an arrest warrant for the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya, for alleged court contempt. Major General Stevenson Olugbenga Olabanji, the commandant of Training and Doctrine Command Minna, was also impacted. The order came after a case was … Read more
A Federal High court in Gusau, Zamfara State, has ruled that the primary election that selected Dauda Lawan Dare as the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for the general elections in 2023 is unconstitutional. The court granted all of the plaintiffs’ demands and overturned the choice of Dauda Lawan Dare as the party’s candidate for … Read more