A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday dismissed a motion filed by Prof. Cyril Ndifon challenging the qualification of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)’s lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, held that the application and counter affidavit filed by parties...
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An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan on Thursday commenced hearing in a forgery case levelled against one Pastor Moses Ayantoye, of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC). The defendant is facing trial in a 31-count charge, bordering on forgery, fraud and impersonation. The Prosecution Witness, DSP Charles Oluwatoki, while...
The convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans and his co-defendant Joseph Emeka, charged with murder and attempted kidnap have opted for an option of plea bargain. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state lead counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule, informed the court about...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of Haruna Abdullahi, 27, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 10-year old daughter in a Correctional facility. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take Abdullahi’s plea for want of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded. Emmanuel ordered the...
A pathologist, Prof. Shokunle Shoyemi, on Wednesday said that the cause of the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k a Mohbad) was concluded as ‘uncertain’. Shokunle testified before a coroner sitting at Ikorodu, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the musician died on Sept....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed July 1 for judgment in a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after Kanu’s...
An FCT high court in Maitama on Wednesday admitted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefieler to bail in the sum of N300 million . Justice Maryann Anenih granted him to bail while ruling on his bail application over alleged unlawful naira colour swap. The Economic and...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), on Tuesday, accused Mr Karl Toriola, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd; of evading service of court documents in the alleged copyright infringement suit The NCC’s lawyer, Gladys Ojo, made the allegation before Justice Inyang Ekwo...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on May 23 arraign the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother, Ahmad before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Garki, on fresh eight-count charge. They were slated to be arraigned before Justice Suleman Belgore, but the...
Court delivers judgment in suits against Secondus, Omehia, Opara July 15 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed July 15 for judgment in three suits filed against former Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, and two others, seeking an order restraining them from attending party’s executive meetings. Justice Inyang...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, remanded a 58-year old man, Joseph Gamor in Awarjigoh Correctional centre for allegedly defiling his 13-year old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya refused to take his plea. Adekomaiya ordered the defendant to be remanded until July 29, pending legal...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, before Justice Suleman Belgore of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on fresh charge was stalled due to absence of the suspects. Sirika and two others were supposed to be arraigned...
Four suspects allegedly involved in the kidnapping of University of Abuja (UniAbuja) lecturers and their children in 2021 was, on Monday, arraigned at a Federal High Court Abuja. They were arraigned by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) before Justice Donatus Okorowo on a two-count...
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered the remand of a 46-year-old former Sterling Bank staff, Jacob Bonet, at a correctional facility for allegedly defrauding his 86-year-old uncle of N14m. Bonet was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with theft, cheating, impersonation...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking an order compelling INEC to conduct fresh election in the Rivers House of Assembly to fill the seats of the defected lawmakers. Justice James Omotosho struck out the suit...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over its failure to withdraw the patently unlawful ‘Circular’ directing all banks and other financial institutions to deduct from customers’ account...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ekiti State Command, has arrested a 27-year old man, Ojo Afolabi, for allegedly defiling a four-year old girl. The suspect, who lives on Olujoda Street, Ado-Ekiti, was arrested after the mother of the girl made a formal complain at the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday granted the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to appear in court for his trial. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the former governor ought to appeared...
C A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the Federal Government (FG) from securitising the sum of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means Loan support it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the plaintiffs...
The trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, continued on Thursday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tendering bundles of documents to nail him. Emefiele is standing trial over abuse of office and alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud...