A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned an amended money-laundering charge preferred against Ali Bello and his co-defendant, Daudu Sulaiman, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until July 15. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter for trial continuation after the EFCC’s witness, Olom Otane...
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The Abia High Court sitting in Umuahia, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed against the State Government by the Okwuta Isieke Ibeku Community, Umuahia for “lacking the capacity to stand”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suit was filed by Messrs Onuoha Onyecherelam, Ebere David...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court presided by Justice J.O Adeyeye on Wednesday sentenced one Ojo Ayegbusi to life imprisonment for the rape of a 15-year-old minor. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Julius Ajibare, in his submissions, said the convict, who faced a lone count charge of rape, perpetrated...
The Court of Appeal, Akure Division, on Wednesday, overturned the verdict of an Osun State High Court which affirmed Prince Abayomi Olubuji of Aga ruling house as the Obalufe of Ile-Ife. Obalufe is the second in Command to Ooni of Ile Ife. Justice Yusuf Bashir, who delivered the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by fleeing Binance Holdings Ltd’s executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, against the National Security Adviser and EFCC. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, dismissed the suit for lack of diligent prosecution. When the case was called,...
A staff of the Account and Finance Department of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Hanrrietta Okojie, was, on Friday, arraigned at a Federal High acourt, Abuja over her alleged involvement in a N1.85 billion fraud. Ms Okojie was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed contempt charge against the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over his alleged refusal to obey court orders. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, on Monday filed Form 49 titled: “Notice to...
The ECOWAS Court has dismissed an application filed by former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki., praying the court to compel Nigeria to enforce its judgment delivered in his favour on Oct. 4, 2016. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court had in the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Vice Chancellor (VC) of University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to show cause why the planned inauguration of the newly elected Internal Governing Council Members of the institution should not be...
EFCC arraigns 3 men for allegedly stealing Access Bank N3.5bn The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three men before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly stealing the sum of N3.5 billion from Access Bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three men...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja President General of Okpe Union, Prof Igho Natufe, has called on the Federal Government to make a significant overhaul of Nigeria’s anti-corruption laws, advocating for the adoption of severe measures, including death penalty for convicted corrupt officials. Natufe’s remark which stirred a passionate debate on governance,...
A Deputy Director with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr Jubril Yakubu, told the Ikeja High Court that the late Whitney Adeniran visited the hospital on Jan. 20, 2023 before the inter-house sports. Yakubu also told the court on Thursday that the deceased was...
A Federal High Court in Kano has fixed June 13, for ruling in application challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the implementation of the Kano Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024. The applicant Alhaji Aminu Babba-Dan’agundi( Sarkin Dawaki Babba), through his counsel, Ibrahim Aliyu-Nasarawa, filed a motion...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to arrest three officials of Rural Electrification Agency for failure to appear in court for their arraignment. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, gave the order for the issuance...
Director General, Institute of Law Research and Development of United Nations (ILAWDUN), Washington DC, Prof. Cyprian Edward-Ekpo, has advocated the amendment of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to accommodate spraying of naira. Edward-Ekpo said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...
With the battle for the throne of the Kano Emirate shifted to the court, the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has declared that no society develops at the expense of justice. He spoke yesterday in Kano at the opening of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference. In...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Akwa Ibom, Justice Ekaete Obot, has described late Justice Felicitas Ibanga as an upright, strict, incorruptible and erudite jurist worthy of emulation. Obot said this in her tribute on Friday in Uyo, during a special Court session in honour of the late judge,...
probe The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); its founder and pioneer National Chairman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, and others have demanded an investigation into an allegation of forgery levelled against a lawyer, Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka. they are also seeking a probe into the alleged sharp practices against Ezeonwuka in an appeal...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, admitted Mrs Chioma Okoli to N5 million bail with two sureties in like sum over allegations bordering on her online commentary on Erisco Foods Limited’s tomato paste. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, agreed with the arguments of the defendant’s lawyer,...