A female presidential aspirant, Patience Ndidi Key, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to nullify the June 5, primaries that produced Kola Abiola as the People’s Redemption Party (PRP)’s presidential candidate. Key, in the originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1001/2022, also prayed for an order setting aside the declaration of...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone has expelled Mrs Ann Agom-Eze from the party over alleged rebellious and unruly behaviours. This is contained in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Sunday by the party chairman in the state, Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha. Agom-Eze was Gov. David Umahi’s...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, a former Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar and others were dragged to Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged unlawful nominations for 2023 elections. The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) which is the plaintiff, filed three separate suits through its lawyer, Mr Chris Udeoyibo. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – All Progressives Congress (APC), Borno State Chapter has announced the suspension of its political stalwart and former member of Buhari Campaign Organization, Hon. Barrister Mohammed Umara Kumalia over alleged engagement in anti party activities. The letter of the suspension of Hon. Barrister Mohammed Umara...
Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Gusau, on Tuesday adjourned until July 29, the suit challenging credibility of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary election in Zamfara. The adjournment came following the substitution of the defendant’s lead counsel. Justice Bappa-Aliyu said the court would sit on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice Ahmad Mahmud of the Federal High Court siting in Sokoto has sentenced and convicted two car dealers, Aminu Sahabi to five years imprisonment and Nasiru Mohammed with an option of fine. The duo were dragged before Justice Ahmad by the Economic and Financial...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has permitted a civil group, to apply for an order compelling the Inspector-General of Police to prosecute the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, over alleged perjury. Delivering a ruling in an ex-parte application, Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the leave...
Mr Aliyu Abubakar, a defence witness in the trial-within-trial of the former Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke told a Federal High Court, Abuja that an EFCC officer threatened him to indict former President Goodluck Jonathan in alleged money laundering. Abubakar, who is also a co-defendant in the suit, told...
A third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has told Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how electronic tools used for accessing compromised credit card information was found on the laptop of the defendant. The witness,...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, granted the request of the mother of late 14-year-old student of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Karen-Happuch Akpagher to be joined in the suit filed by the school. The school filed the suit seeking to stop the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant a motion, seeking an order compelling Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The court also declined to grant the prayer, asking INEC from recognising...
Hearing in a suit filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others could not proceed on Monday due to the presiding judge’s absence. Though the two separate suits were on number five and six on the day’s cause list, Justice...
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, will on Aug. 29 delivered judgment in the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, over his alleged link with Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, an alleged internet fraudster held United States. Justice Inyang Ekwo...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, admitted Sen. Rochas Okorocha to bail in the sum of N500 million with one surety in like sum. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said granting bail was a discretionary power of the court. Justice Ekwo said the surety, who must have...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed June 22 to hear a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the retrial of Chief Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The court fixed the date following the EFCC’s appeal at...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the alleged pension fraud trial involving former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye until Oct. 5. At the resumed hearing in the case on Thursday, Oronsaye was cross-examined by the prosecution counsel, Mr Oluwaleke Atolagbe. The former Head of Service...
The Federal Government is set to re-arraign the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on an amended six-count of treasonable felony. The amendment came on a day the trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako fixed to hear an application Kanu filed to be released on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, re-arraigned two former staff of First Marina Trust Ltd., in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged Identity theft and Cyber Crime. The EFCC charged Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf with for counts bordering on conspiracy to commit identity...
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari has said his arrest and continued detention at the Kuje prison has emboldened criminals in their incessant onslaught against Nigeria. Mr Kyari made the statement through his lawyer Nureini Jimoh, who prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to review his...