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The Anambra Central Senatorial Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Awka, on Friday struck out a petition challenging the victory of Sen. Victor Umeh in the Jan. 13, Anambra senatorial rerun …

A Senior Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kogi on Thursday adjourned the trial of the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, and two others for illegal possession of firearms …

A 41-year-old mother of seven, Rachael Olayiwola, on Tuesday in Lagos had her 21-year-old marriage dissolved on religious grounds. Rachael had reneged on her promise to convert to her husband’s …

Nigeria’s Consul-General in South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview from Johannesburg that the South African authorities had confirmed that investigation …

A court on Tuesday sentenced the driver of a lorry that killed a German policewoman to three years in prison, local media reported on Tuesday. The court found him guilty …

An FCT High Court in Maitama on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu (Rtd) accused …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the National Assembly lacks powers to investigate criminal allegations, indict or absolve anybody of crime. Law enforcement agencies need not act …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate sack of a senator, Atai Aidoko, as the member representing Kogi East. The court presided over by judge, Gabriel Kolawole, …

A 21-year-old lady, Gift Mike, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly killing her 48-year-old South African boyfriend, Daniel Grant. The accused, a cosmetologist, …

The crisis rocking the Cross River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumed another dimension as a faction on Wednesday obtained a court injunction restraining members of the …