An Enugu State High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Miss Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing Miss Ijeoma Nweke, a make-up artist on Nov. 11, 2020 The court, presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe, in a two-hour judgment, found the accused guilty of killing the deceased...
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TKJ (not real name), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)’s star witness, on Tuesday, stated that Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), pressurised her to trade her virginity in exchange for an admission into the institution....
There was a mild drama in the Federal High Court in Abuja as a prosecution witness, Mr Rabiu Tafada in the ongoing alleged N10 billion fraud charge against Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi Governor, suddenly told the court that he was not feeling well. Tafada, who is...
An FCT High Court on Tuesday ordered that a man, Olaniyi Adegboro be remanded in Kuje Corrections Centre for allegedly stabbing ASP Ayuba Zakari to death. The police charged Adegboro with murder. Following the prayer of the prosecution counsel for a date to open his case, Justice Peter...
Ladi Adebutu, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2023 general election in Ogun, was, on Tuesday, arraigned before a state High Court sitting in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebutu was arraigned, alongside nine others, even as the Federal Government amended the...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 54-year old man, Michael Uduigwome, in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his eight-month old daughter. Uduigwome, who lives on Rasaq Balogun St., Surulere, Lagos State, is charged with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, O...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, quashed a criminal charge preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and two others over N21. 5 billion money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had re-arraigned the defendants , on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of N1.3billion....
A businesswoman Mrs Nancy Ngi on Monday told a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja that her husband, Ozor was violent and he hits her with a hammer. The petitioner made the allegation in a divorce petition she filed against her estrange husband before the court. “My husband is...
Justice Ibrahim Kala of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday reserved ruling until Feb. 6, on a bail application by a businessman, Lanre Smith, charged with 26,000 dollars fraud. Kala gave the date after hearing arguments from defence and prosecution counsel on the bail application. The...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, rejected the bail applications filed by five suspects arrested in connection with the burning of the Rivers House of Assembly on Dec. 29, 2023. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling, refused to grant them bail on the ground that the defendants...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has ordered the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to pay the sum of N540 million damages awarded against it for alleged defamation of Prophet Emmanuel Omale and his wife, Deborah. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Yusuf Halilu of a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has adjourned till March 25, 2024 further hearing in the trial of Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor, who are facing trial over an alleged N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud. This...
A witness for one of the five accused persons in the April 5, 2018, armed robbery attack in Offa, Kwara, Ms Omolara Ogundiran, was on Friday arrested within the court premises by the Police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omolara is a graduate of Ire...
The start date for former U.S. president Donald Trump’s trial for attempted election fraud has been pushed back. The court in the capital Washington announced on Friday that the start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 4, would be postponed due to unresolved legal issues in the...
A businessman, Mr Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, has filed a N5 trillion suit against the Minister of Works and Housing over alleged copyright infringement. Ibe-Kalu, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1047/2022 before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, sought 22 reliefs. The case filed during President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, alleged that Mr Babatunde Fashola,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, prayed Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to issue a warrant of arrest to compel a former Executive Director on Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli to attend...
Trial of Mamman Ali, son of a former PDP National Chairman, Ahmadu Ali, charged with N2.2 billion subsidy fraud, was on Friday stalled due to absence of a prosecution witness. Ali is standing trial alongside one Christian Taylor and Nasaman Oil Services Ltd. on a 49-count charge...
The Osun Government has advised royal families in towns where there are disputes on succession to the throne to seek redress in court. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, gave the advice when members of the Nyanbilolu ruling family house of Ekonsin in Odo-Otin...
The Police on Friday arraigned one Olayiwola Aliu at an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly being in possession of police uniforms and toy guns. The 30-year old, whose residential address was not provided, has been charged with illegal possession of police uniforms and toy guns. The...