A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party, ruling that the case must be heard afresh after all interested parties are joined. Justice Isah Dashen delivered the ruling on Friday …
Property owners in Ebute-Metta, Lagos, are demanding N154.25 million from the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) as compensation for the forceful takeover of their homes during railway construction in 2018. Five families from Adisa Estate along Murtala Muhammed Way, Oba Akinola Ovetade Akinrera, Alhaja Aisha Aminu Gwadabe, Alhaja Sadiat Abdulazeez, Mr. Justin Ajufo, and Mr. Ayodele …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the conviction of five members of international organised criminal groups involved in high-profile drug trafficking through Nigeria’s busiest airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The suspects, arrested for smuggling 68.9 kilograms of cocaine and tramadol, were handed a combined 21 years imprisonment by …
