A High Court Sitting in Minna, the Niger State Capital, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya for contempt. Also to be arrested include Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji for a similar offense. The presiding...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fever than 29 persons including minors have been freed from both the Sokoto State Correctional Center and Remand Home. Those freed got their relief courtesy of the “EU-UNICEF,. facilitated by the Sokoto State Chief Judge, Justice Muhammad Saidu Sifawa, as empowered by law...
The Court of Appeal in Ibadan has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Joel Chuks and his company on his N700 million property that was taken over by Access Bank due to non-payment of loan debt. Chuks and his company, Joel Chuks Venture Ltd., had filed an...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed Feb.8 for to hear Abdulrasheed Maina’s appeal challenging the judgment of a trial court sentencing him to eight years imprisonment for N2 billion pension fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Maina before Justice Okon Abang of a federal high...
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court has called on the federal government to appoint more judges to facilitate the speedy trial of criminal cases. Justice Nyako made the call in Abuja at a policy roundtable organised by Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC). The News Agency of...
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a 42-year-old man, Alabi Zakariyau be remanded for for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Patricia Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of Zakariyau ordered that he should be remanded at Abolongo Correctional...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, has sentenced the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mr Usman Baba, to a three-month imprisonment over alleged refusal to obey a sister court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired back to work. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling...
The Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday restored Rep. Oladipupo Adebutu as the validly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun. The appellate court also reinstated the three senatorial, nine House of Representatives and 26 House of Assembly candidates of PDP, who all emerged...
A Minna Magistrate Court II has remanded in correctional Centre, Danjuma Ibeto and Garba Abdullahi, for criminal conspiracy, forgery, defamation of character and falsehood contrary to sections 97, 393, 392 and 364 of the penal code. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused were arraigned on...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State which held that the President of the senate Ahmad Lawan,...
An unemployed man, Samuel Dung has appeared before the Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for allegedly swindling a village chief and 99 others. Dung, 36, who lives in Phase 1 Extension, Jikwoyi, Karu is facing one count charge of cheating. He is accused of swindling the Chief of...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is a Judicial officer and not a politician, as such, will never directly or remotely make political comments or innuendoes. This is contained in a statement issued by Dr Festus Akande, the Supreme Court Director of Press and Information on...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has awarded fine against Mr Kola Abiola, the presidential candidate, People’s Redemption Party (PRP), over failure to file his court documents within time. Justice Fadima Aminu, in a ruling, also fined the PRP over its delay in filing its counter affidavit in opposition...
The Federal High Court Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Amarachi Iwuanyanwu, following his alleged involvement in a N785 million fraud. In a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Judiciary has called for better welfare package for judicial officers in the country. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele said this at the 2023 budget defence of the National Judicial Council (NJC) in Abuja on Friday. He said that poor welfare...
A Federal High Court in Osun , on Friday, nullified the State Local Governments Election conducted by Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The Presiding Judge , Justice Ayo-Nathaniel Emmanuel, held that the election conducted by OSIEC on Oct. 15, was illegal , null and void , having not conducted...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, adjourned an application filed by former Governor of Imo, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, until Feb. 6 for ruling. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against Okorocha’s preliminary objection. The...
Two men were on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for alleged abuse of a corpse. The police charged Isa Abdulkadir, 39 and Daniel Emmanuel, 38 with conspiracy and misconduct with regard to a corpse. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendants...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the arrest of one of the alleged brains behind the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd’s alleged 9.6 billion dollars scandal, Corrado Fantoli. Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the order while delivering a ruling in the ex-parte motion moved by the Economic...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the removal of Rep Chris Azubuogu as the 2023 Anambra South Senatorial District candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, directed the party to, forthwith, submit the name of the plaintiff, Ben Nwankwo, to...