The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed the election victory of Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election held in February. The three-member panel, in a judgment, upheld the judgment of the state’s election tribunal and dismissed...
Judiciary
A middle-aged man, Chigozie Emmanuel, has testified in an Ikeja High Court against his pastor, Elijah Emenandy, on charges of sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault. He allegedly that his pastor introduced him to pornography and masturbation and anal sex in his church office. He was led...
Ondo Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu’s application seeking to set aside the Sept. 26 interim order restraining the state assembly from initiating an impeachment process. The deputy governor’s Counsel, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, prayed Justice...
The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Monday dismissed the petition filed against the Speaker of Ogun House Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo. In dismissing the petition filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the tribunal affirmed that Oluomo was a duly elected...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately transfer the sums of $9.8 million and £74,000 recovered from Mr Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...
Proceedings at the Federal High Court in Lagos, were on Monday, halted abruptly, following notice of the demise of a brother judge, Hon. Justice Fatun Odohi Riman. The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, had announced the death of Juatice Riman, who sits...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday further adjourned until Nov. 13 and 30, continuation of trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley charged with cyber crime. Justice Nicholas Oweibo adjourned the case following absence of the defendant from court. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Nov. 11, Bayelsa governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, says his disqualification by an Abuja High Court, won’t affect his chances of winning the election. Sylva spoke for the first time after the court ruling at a political rally in Agoro...
The absence of Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, stalled the hearing of a 150 million dollars uit filed by a Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, against Google and GoDaddy.com. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Peter is suing the duo over...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma, SAN has said 1, 085 candidates (65.09 per cent) were successful at the school’s final examinations held in July. Chiroma made this known in Abuja on Wednesday at the presentation of the general performance of the candidates at...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday convicted two pipeline vandals, Clement Ododomu and Tiwei Monday, charged with killing seven officers of the Department of State Security (DSS). The killings occurred on Sept. 14, 2015 at Ishawo Creek, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Justice Hakeem Oshodi found Ododomu and Monday guilty...
A businessman, Yahaya Mohammed, told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will grant his wife, Hauwau Hamza a di if she pays him N160, 000. Mohammed and Hamza, got married according to Islamic law sometime in 2020 and do not have children together. Earlier, Hamza...
Another hurdle for Bayelsa state Governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva as Federal High Court set to hear Suit for the disqualification of his deputy governorship candidate for violation of the 1999 Constitution. The suit filed by THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF TRUSTFIELD EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE is seeking the interpretation of the...
The Nigerian Army Special Court Martial on Tuesday, convicted a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment. The court also ordered the convicted senior officer to refund 2.17 million dollars and N1.06 billion being amount of monies he...
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 20-year-old man, Onoja Kingsley, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly raising false claim that his genitals have “disappeared”. Kingsley of no fixed address is charged with joint act, causing grievous hurt, attempted culpable homicide, theft and giving fake information...
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola has described the late Justice of the Supreme Court, Centus Nweze as a jurist of impeccable character who has contributed significantly to the enhancement of the Nigerian judiciary sector. Ariwoola said this during a valedictory Court session in honour of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the Nov. 11 election in Bayelsa. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment delivered Monday night, held that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five...
The Ogbia High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Monday adjourned a suit seeking to stop work on the Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre, at Otuabagi in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa until Oct. 19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case was slated for...
Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos State High Court has sentenced police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging for killing lawyer, Barrister Bolanle Raheem. Vandi had shot Mrs Raheem dead in the presence of her husband while returning from church on Christmas Day December 25,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Despite the allegation of certificate forgery leveled against President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has expressed confidence that the Supreme Court’s ruling would be in favour of the president. Recalled that the Presidential candidate of...