Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, recused himself from the suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others. The suit is seeking to stop the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions from going ahead with...
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A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has remanded one Insp Effiong Bassey, in a correctional facility for shooting dead a retired police officer’s wife and injuring two others. Bassey was ordered to be remanded by Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene led court during his arraignment on Monday. The Insp...
An objection raised by the former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, to the oral evidence of prosecution witness in his ongoing trial , on Monday, forced the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tender documentary evidence. The EFCC is prosecuting the former minister before an...
Ondo State High Court in Ore on Monday granted an interlocutory injunction, restraining the Ondo State Government and Sao Agro-Allied Services Ltd. from forceful eviction of farmers in the Oluwa Forest Reserve. The farmers had approached the court to restrict the state government and the company from evicting them...
A court in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, has issued an arrest warrant against a man in a case filed over the death of a cat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiaque passed the order after taking cognisance of the charges brought against Akbar Hossain Shiblu. Shiblu was issued an arrest...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the plan to remove the current board of Trustees (BoT) of the IBB International Golf and Country Club. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on an ex-parte motion moved by the plaintiff’s counsel, C.O. Ogbodo, ordered parties to maintain a status...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the unlawful suspension of democratically elected Governor, Deputy Governor, and Members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State while exercising his constitutional powers to proclaim a State of Emergency...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors have resolved to legally contest the legitimacy of the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The Governors, under the aegis of the PDP Governors Forum, have directed their attorneys general to challenge Section 305 of the Nigerian Constitution as...
A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday began definite hearing in the case of defamation instituted by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The officers instituted the case after SERAP, last September, failed to apologize...
A Federal High Court in Lokoja on Friday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving petitions for the purpose of initiating a recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Justice Isa Dashen, gave the order after listening to the application moved by Mr Smart Nwachimere, of West-Idahosa, SAN...
The Federal Government on Friday, re-arraigned Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on amended charge bordering on terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, who was re-arraigned before Justice James Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to the seven counts. The re-arraignment followed...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu,on Friday, tendered an apology over his recent attacks on the Federal High Court and Justice Binta Nyako. Kanu, through his new counsel and former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to show cause why the mandate of the Dan Orbih- led South-South Zonal Executive should not be upheld. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an ex parte motion filed by Orbih and his 22-member zonal...
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, struck out the charges against former Queen Naomi Ogunwusi, a radio presenter, Oriyomi Hamzat and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan, Abdullahi Fasasi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akintola also ordered the release...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved ruling in the motion to adduce fresh evidence in the N2.5 billion debt owed 110 disengaged staff members of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. The appellants are the ABU management, the Minister of Education and the Attorney-General of the Federation while...
ECOWAS Court has dismissed a suit filed by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) against Nigeria over the non-creation of a sixth state in the South-East geopolitical zone, unlike other zones. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case was brought by the Incorporated Trustees of the Prince and...
The suspended Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, disagreed over the Senate’s application seeking to vacate the order made by a Federal High Court in Abuja on March 4. The Senate, in a motion on notice filed on March 17 by its lawyer, Chikaosolu...
An Oyo State Family Court, Iyaganku, on Tuesday remanded a 29 -year-old man, Hamzat Abdullahi at Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with three male minors. The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Serifat Adesina, did not take the plea of the suspect due to lack in jurisdiction. Adesina...
The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s objection against a suit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE over oil import licence dispute. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling, dismissed the objection on the grounds that the...
After years of hardship following a wrongful shooting by the State Security Service (SSS) operatives, a Sokoto businessman finally receives justice as the agency has compensated him. The incident occurred in the early hours of April 2, 2016, when SSS operatives raided his residence in Jos, Plateau State, mistaking...