By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has said his victory at the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Wednesday, November 22 should bring to a close to election litigation over the governorship poll as it is a clear indication of the people’s mandate...
Judiciary
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Sequel to the appointment of 23 new judges, the Honorable Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, has released a new posting of the court’s judges to various Divisions across the country. This is contained in a...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed Jan. 22 for ruling on a no-case submission filed by Rep Nicolas Mutu (Delta-PDP) and others against a money laundering charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo gave the date after counsel for the parties...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, restated its order that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano State. The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Mr Umar Bangari, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. The appellate court dismissed as a clerical error, a portion in...
Justice Edward Asante, the President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, said that in spite of the region’s current challenges, democracy remains the best form of government. Asante made this known during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Legislature of the 2nd Ordinary Session of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, described as “unlawful” the appointment of Federal Character Commission (FCC)’s Chairman, Muheeba Dankaka, and the Secretary, Bello Tukur, from the northern region by former President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the former president had failed to...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Feb. 22, 2024, for hearing in the suit challenging the appointment of Mr Ola Olukoyede, as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu stated this on Wednesday after the parties agreed that the date was...
An FCT High Court on Wednesday admitted the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele to bail in the sum of N300 million. Justice Hamza Muazu also ordered Emefiele to produce two sureties in like sum. Muazu ordered that the sureties must have certificates of occupancy and...
An Abakaliki Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 29-years-old man, Chikodili Igboji in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 50-year-old widow, Mrs Chinyere Igwe. The Magistrate, Chinedu Agama-Agama, ordered the remand of the defendant after rejecting his bail application. Igboji is facing a...
A certified copy of the Court of Appeal judgment on Kano State governorship election has affirmed the victory of Kabiru Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano state. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Haruna Isa-Dederi, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in...
An Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice Chukwunweike Ogbuabor on Tuesday adjourned a N4 billion lawsuit against First Bank of Nigeria Plc to Jan. 16, 2024 for hearing. The suit was instituted by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), called Incorporated Trustees of International Vocational Centre (IVC)...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to death by hanging and one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a correctional centre. Oshodi delivered the judgement after careful considerations of facts before the court and the demeanor of the convicts, which he termed as ‘unremorseful’. The...
A father of four, Lukman Soladoye on Tuesday appeared before a Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna for beating his wife, Kemi Soladoye and their four children. Soladoye said he beat his wife and children to correct them when they were wrong adding that he loves his...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has called on the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to stop their campaigns of calumny and blackmail against the judiciary. Mr. Onanuga stated this in a...
Speaker Adewale Egbedun of Osun House of Assembly, has said the assembly has no intention to encroach on duties of the National Judicial Council (NJC) by the suspension of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo. Egbedun, in a statement by his media aide, Olamide Tiamiyu on Monday...
The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal, on Monday, opened his defence in absentia without calling any witness. Nolan’s counsel, Mr Michael Ajara, told Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court (FHC),...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court has warned members of the public to stop leaving charms in his courtroom. Oshodi gave the warning on Monday as the trial of five men charged with the murder of one Ifeanyi Etunmuse began. “No one should leave charms in...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday affirmed the election of Gov. Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress as Governor of Benue. The appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Titus Uba challenging the election of Alia....
Members of Osun chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on a peaceful protest on Monday in Osogbo, picketing the office of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo. They demanded reasons for the delay in the payment of their wardrobe allowances since 2021,...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 65-year old man, Igwe Ambrose, to double life jail term for inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children, ages seven and 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye...