Publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has withdrawn his plan to call the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, as a witness in his ongoing trial over the alleged criminal defamation of President Bola Tinubu. At the resumed hearing before the Federal High Court in Abuja on…
Justice Chizoba Orji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, has granted the Federal Government’s request to adjourn the criminal defamation case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to February 23, 2026. At Monday’s proceedings, counsel to Akpoti-Uduaghan, Ehiogie West Idahosa (SAN), announced his appearance and drew the court’s attention to the absence of the prosecution…
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has dismissed claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that the criminal charges filed against her amount to an abuse of court process. According to the AGF’s office, the charges were properly instituted following comprehensive investigations that established a prima facie case against…
