The Federal High Court, Abuja will on Tuesday deliver judgment in Premiere Academy, Lugbe’s suit seeking to stop the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from investigating the alleged rape and death of its 14-year-old student. The student, Keren-Happuch Akpagher, who was a boarding student of the private...
Judiciary
Witnesses from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, INEC and NECO have testified for Sen. Lawal Adamu-Usman at the Elections Petitions Court in Kaduna. The witnesses told the court presided by Justice HH Kereng, that the academic credentials presented by the Senator representing Kaduna North were valid. Also, an official of...
The 23 Benue local government councils, have vowed to challenge their suspension from office by the state House of Assembly in court. The state House of Assembly had approved the suspension of the councils chairmen over alleged misappropriation of public funds. But, Mr Michael Uba, the chairman of the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama, and five others before Justice A. A. Isiaka on a separate one-count charge bordering on criminal impersonation. There offences are contrary to...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an Ilorin-based associate pastor of the Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel), Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State of N19.3million. Eseyin, a lawyer and former member...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The Calabar Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday, June 23, 2023 upheld the conviction of Senator Bassey Albert Akpan on money laundering charges by a Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and ordered his arrest. This is according to a statement...
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election on Friday in Abuja, closed their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC). The petitioners closed their case after calling 27 out of the 100 witnesses they had said they would call to...
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Friday dismissed a preliminary objection filed by a defence counsel challenging the prosecution powers of the Department of State Security (DSS) to prosecute cybercrimes.cou The DSS had on Oct. 18, 2021 arraigned a teenager before the court on one count charge of...
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted certified copies of the academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc. certificate from Chicago State University, an NYSC Discharge Certificate, and a Mobil...
A divorce-seeking man, Abayomi Oreyemi, has prayed a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 22-year-old union to his estranged wife, Basirat, on ground of battery and waywardness. Oreyemi, a father of four, made the prayer in his counter- argument against his allegation of irresponsibility, lack...
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Friday, ordered that an unemployed man, Usman Abdullahi, who pleaded guilty to pouring hot tea on another man be remanded in a correction centre. The police Abdulahi, who lives in Sani Mainage Quarters with causing grievous hurt. The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar,...
Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to commit the Director-General (DG) of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, to prison over alleged disobedience to court orders. Mbah prayed the court in a Form 49 filed through his lawyer, Emeka Ozoani,...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto State, has adjourned its sitting to July 11 for continuation of hearing, as the PDP governorship candidate, Sa’idu Umar, presented 31 witnesses. Umar approached the tribunal, demanding the nullification of March 18 election that produced Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of APC and his Deputy,...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya, on Thursday, restrained the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), its Commander-General (C-G), Mr Ahmed Audi, and others from further harassing a contractor, Mr Christian Igbo, over a completed contract. Justice Edward Okpe, in a judgment, also ordered the security agency...
A U.S. Immigration lawyer, Mrs Olubusayo Fasidi, on Thursday said that Lagos Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat took oath of allegiance in the U.S. to renounce Nigerian citizenship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fasidi, a Nigerian, testified before Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal. She was led in...
An FCT High Court on Thursday ordered Okwo Mark to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for three days for internet fraud. Mark was docked by the EFCC for pretending to be Stella Coleman, an American citizen, working as an FBI agent. He pleaded...
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday ordered that a 25-year old man, Aliyu Sa’ad, who pleaded guilty to calling his friend gay, be remanded in a correction centre.court The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, gave the order following a guilty plea entered by Sa’ad. Lawal-Abubakar adjourned the matter...
A cyber security expert, Dr Chibuike Ugwuoke tendered documents at the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday in support of a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi. Obi, candidate of Labour Party (LP) at the Feb. 25 presidential election is challenging the victory of President Bola...
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Wednesday, remanded a 27-year-old man, Taofeek Ahmed, for allegedly assaulting a police officer after failing to pay for doughnut. The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on June 19 at 4:00 p.m., at Sabo Market...
The absence of counsel for the Federal Government, on Wednesday, stalled the trial commencement of Tukur Mamu, who is being tried over his alleged relationship with terrorists that were involved in last year’s attack on a Kaduna-bound train.mamu The matter, which was on number three on the cause list,...