A Senegal court has ordered jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to be reinstated on the electoral register, a ruling that could pave the way for him to run in a February presidential election, Sonko’s lawyer Cire Cledor Ly said on Thursday. Sonko has faced a flurry of court...
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Two witnesses on Wednesday gave account of how they nearly lost their lives to machete injuries allegedly inflicted on them by agents of an Oyo state traditional ruler, Oba Solomon Akinola, the Oloko of Oko. The witnesses, Pastor Owolabi Olusegun and Mr Olufemi Adelakun gave their testimonies before an...
A High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Unuoha from arresting the Spokesperson of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state Mr Faruk Adejoh-Audu. Also restrained are the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Security...
A 44-year-old man, David Eludi, who allegedly obtained the sum of N352,000 from a woman under false pretences, has been dragged before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant, said to be a pastor, was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretenses and...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, remanded a man, Wasiu Oriyomi in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl. Oriyomi, whose residential address was not given, is being charged for defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Rahman...
A former Assistant General Manager (AGM), Technical of NICON Insurance Company Limited, Mr Sunday Akintunde, has filed a N492 million suit against the company over allegations bordering on backlog of unpaid salaries and other entitlements. Akintunde, in an amended suit marked: NICN/ABJ/264/2023 filed at the National Industrial Court, Abuja,...
A group, the Concerned Northern Lawyers Forum, has condemned the recent military accidental bombing at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with a threat to institute legal action against the Federal Government over the incident. The group said the decision to sue the...
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Bauchi state chapter, has confirmed the release of Mrs Rhoda Jatau on bail by the Bauchi state High Court 11. Mr Mujahid Ibrahim, the Programme Officer of CITAD disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, December 7, 2023, has secured the conviction and sentencing of Eze Harrison Arinze before Justice J.K Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for defrauding 34 victims in 13 countries of $592,000...
Palpable fears have gripped three suspected 2023 UTME registration infractors facing trial at the Federal High Court, Akure, over fears of meeting the stringent bail conditions handed down by the court. When the matter came up for hearing in the case between the Attorney-General of the Federation...
The Controller General of Nigeria’s Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa, has denied alleged forceful removal of Mr Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, from its custody in Kuje. He said the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, awarded a N500 million in damages against Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi for violating the fundamental rights of Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday, issued a warrant of arrest for a Lebanese man, Maged Ali-Taan, for failure to appear before it. Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa, issued the warrant following the refusal of the defendants to appear in court to enter their plea over a...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday remanded one Wahab Hameed in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged conspiracy and vote buying during the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Justice Ismail Ijelu remanded the defendant after pleading guilty to a two-count charge...
A three Member Panel of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court of justice has ordered the Government of the Republic of Benin to pay Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Igboho, 20 million CFA for unlawful detention. The court ordered that the money should be...
The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside his conviction by the lower court over alleged rape of minor. Olaleye, in a notice of appeal filed by his lawyer, Dr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, said that the...
Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has dismissed a charge bordering on impersonation any against the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Edozie Njoku, by the Nigeria Police Force. Justice Madugu held that there was no way the allegation could...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday extended the interim order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who directed parties to maintain status quo in the suit,...
Is there something with the presidential system of democracy we have twice adopted for ourselves that necessitates involving the courts where judges are made to be the ultimate arbiter between contestants? In 1979, it was the judges who decided who emerged as the president between Alhaji Shehu Shagari...
Nigerian Musician, Terry Alexandar Ejeh popularly known as Terry Apala, sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude to discuss what it was like to have been abandoned by his colleagues, saying no at the wrong time, a court case with his record label, friends who abandoned him at...