Tag: COURT
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Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, to October 16 to allow the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to present its medical examination report. The court delayed proceedings because the NMA had not yet concluded its assessment of Kanu’s health. The NMA was tasked with independently evaluating Kanu’s…
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Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency in Rivers State. The plaintiffs, Belema Briggs and four others, lacked the legal standing to bring the case, as they were not members of relevant authorities and did not have the Attorney General’s approval.…
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Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Subilim of the National Industrial Court in Abuja has temporarily barred PENGASSAN, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, from proceeding with its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The court, ruling on an ex-parte application by Dangote Refinery, specifically prohibited PENGASSAN from disrupting crude and gas supplies…
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Ghana and Villarreal midfielder Thomas Partey, 32, has pleaded not guilty in a UK court to five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault involving three women. The alleged offences occurred between 2021 and 2022 while he was at Arsenal. Partey was charged four days after leaving Arsenal at the end of June…
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Court of Appeal in Akure has upheld the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State in the 16 November 2024 governorship election. The court dismissed the appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied People’s Movement (APM), and Social Development Party (SDP), ruling that the petitioners failed to provide…
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France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron has appealed to the Court de Cassation after a Paris appeals court overturned convictions of two women who spread false claims that she was born a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux, her brother. The women, Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey, made the claims in a 2021 YouTube video, which went viral,…
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Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an order on Monday preventing the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), from inaugurating a newly confirmed Chairman and members of the Rivers State Services Commission until the court delivers its judgment. The order was issued by Justice Frank Onyiri after a suit filed…
