Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the time has come to call out senior lawyers whose actions demean the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). Osinbajo, himself an SAN, made the call at the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) 2021 Annual Dinner and Scholarship Awards on Saturday...
Judiciary
Justice Charles Agbaza of an FCT High Court on Friday rejected evidence by a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal. Lawal is charged alongside his younger brother, Hamidu, who is a director...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, January 28, 2022, dismissed the no-case submission filed by one Osho Aluko-Kola, who is standing trial on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N206, 502,490.02. Aluko-Kola, who was first...
An Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Friday admitted popular aphrodisiac seller, Hauwa Muhammad (Aka Jaruma) to N500, 000 bail. The police charged Jaruma with false news publication, intimidation and defamation of character In his ruling, the judge, Ismailia Abdullahi ordered the defendant to produce one surety in...
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, according to BBC Pidgin. In a plea...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has threatened to strike out a N6 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against wife of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Cecilia Osipitan. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning following late filing of documents needed in the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Federal Government from deducting funds from the Federation Account to fund the Nigerian Police force and other agencies not listed in the constitution. Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court on Wednesday declared the deductions as unconstitutional and ordered...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammad, has called for the nomination of six judges for appointment as Supreme Court justices. In a letter addressed to all judicial officers in Nigeria, the CJN said it had become necessary to fill the vacant positions caused by the death and...
An Abuja Upper Area Court is to deliver ruling in a bail application filed by a businesswoman, Hauwa Muhammed, popularly known as Jaruma. The police charged Mrs Jaruma with false news publication, intimidation and defamation of character. The Area court judge, Ismailia Abdullahi, adjourned until Friday for ruling.Mr Abdullahi...
The trial of Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion fraud before Justice Christopher Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, continued on Tuesday with the cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed March 31 for judgment in the 9.8 million dollars fraud charge filed against Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date after counsel to the EFCC, Farouk Abdullah, and the defence...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted a comedian and skit maker, Joshua Sunday, popularly called De General, for unlawful possession of 14 grams of Tramadol. Also convicted alongside the 22-year-old comedian, is Caleb Ojana William, who was accused of unlawful possession of 15 grams of Cannabis...
Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a warrant of arrest against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the United Kingdom. Justice Olajuwon granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode on an amended 17-count charge of money laundering. Fani-Kayode is standing trial alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, a former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of...
A former senator, Mrs Grace Bent has dragged Precious Chikwendu, estranged wife of former Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode to the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged defamation of character. When the matter was called on Monday, however, Chikwendu was absent in court and there was no legal representation...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged “secrecy in the spending of loans so far obtained, the unsustainable level of borrowing by the government and the 36 states, debt crisis, and...
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday, January 20, 2022, arraigned one Wasila Musa Ibrahim and her company, Najaatu Petroleum Limited, before Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa at the Federal High Court, Kano. They were arraigned on a 10-count charge bordering on money...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Ahmad Lawan are expected to grace the 2022 Justice Sector Summit. The Chairman, NBA Judiciary Committee, Dr Babatunde Ajibade, who disclosed on Friday in Abuja, said the summit will be held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on Jan. 25. Ajibade...
The fresh trial of Professor Ignatius Uduk, a lecturer at the University of Uyo, commenced on Thursday at the Akwa Ibom State High Court 9 sitting in Uyo, the state capital. Uduk faces a three-count charge bordering on publishing and announcing false electoral results. The case was filed by...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned two separate suits filed by Leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, until March 9 for hearing. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the defence appeared in court with an...