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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has imposed N40milion fine against an Abuja-based lawyer, Ambrose Owuru, for filing a frivolous suit with which he had sought to prevent the May 29 inauguration. In a judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the court was unanimous in holding that the appeal by Owuru and his party, the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) ...

A legal practitioner, Gideon Christian has filed a petition at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Bayo Onanuga, the Director of Media, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, over alleged incitement of violence during the 2023 elections. ICC acknowledged the receipt of the petition dated March 27, 2023, and signed by Mark P. Dillon, Head of Information and Evidence Unit, ...

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday inaugurated his legal team, charging the legal luminaries to defend his mandate and virtue of democracy. The team, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, is made up 49 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANS). At the inaugural meeting of the legal team at the Ikoyi office of the lead counsel, Olanipekun, highlighted the tasks before the members. ...

Ahead of the take-off of proceedings at the Presidential Election Tribunal, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a team of 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to represent the party at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The team is comprised of legal luminaries with vast experience in election petition matters, constitutional law and litigation. This team is aside ...

A member of the People Democratic Party PDP and a notable lawyer, Barr. Ogochukwu Onyema has urged a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, to declare the Enugu West Senatorial seat vacant. It should be noted that the  seat is currently being occupied by a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who is in detention in the United Kingdom ...

Kanu Agabi, counsel to Emeka Ihedioha, former governor of Imo state, says his client’s application is a great opportunity for Supreme Court to redeem its image. Agabi’s position was contained in a written address that accompanied the application of the Ihedioha. On Wednesday, Ihedioha, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Imo, asked the apex court to sack Hope Uzodinma, ...

Barrister Kenneth Ikonne, in an article entitled “The Imo gubernatorial judgment – a painful but legally correct verdict!” He added that the Supreme Court, based on the facts, was right in declaring Uzodinma the winner in law. According to him, Ihedioha’s legal team made a “fatal” error, The Nation reports. He recalled that results from more than 350 polling units, ...

A Benin lawyer and former Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Edo State, Mr Eddy Osifo, has warned religious leaders, politicians and sponsors of RevolutionNow to not to engage in actions or comments that could destroy Buhari’s administration. Osifo said sponsors of divisive actions and statements were getting it wrong on insecurity in the land, especially the killing of ...

Mr Leo Ekpenyong, the lawyer to former Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio, says no iota of truth in the allegation of diversion  of constituency projects levelled against the former Governor. The lawyer noted that the claims were politically motivated by those he called desperate politicians. Ekpeyong, who is the Managing Director of De-bongos Media, made the clarification in a ...

Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of an FCT High Court has given the Federal Government’s lawyer last adjournment in the ongoing trial of the Sen. Dino Malaye. The Senator was accused of  giving false information to the police. Goodluck, gave the advice following an application by Mr Shuaibu Labaran, prosecution counsel, praying the court for an adjournment to enable him bring his ...