A Labor Party (LP) lawsuit that sought to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use electronic means of transmitting the results of the 2023 elections was dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja.According to a ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite, Section 52(2) of the Electoral Act of 2022—cited by the party's attorney, Monday Mawah—provided for voting and the transmission of results in accordance with a process that would be decided by INEC.He i...

Members of the late General Sani Abacha's family attempted to stop the Federal Government from reopening the criminal forfeiture proceedings against the former head of state, but the Supreme Court of Nigeria dismissed their appeal on Friday in Abuja.The recent government initiative to reopen the fraud investigation is directed at a few family members who are accused of participating in the looting of the national coffers under Abacha's rule.The Supreme Court's Justi...

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, seeking to stop his probe over an alleged N96 billion fraud and fraudulent sales of valued assets belonging to the state.Governor Nyesom Wike had asked the Apex Court to stop Governor Amaechi from investigating his eight-year tenure as governor of the state.The former governor,...