A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja on Thursday urged the EFCC to educate a man, Ndubisi Success convicted for internet fraud on merits and demerits of fraud. Success was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for creating an Instagram account for the...
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Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) on Wed tendered more documents before the presidential election petition court (PEPC). Documents presented were form EC8B series from four states, EC8C, from 13 states, EC8D from 36 states and FCT, lastly, form EC8D(A) which is the national result. Mr Peter...
ECOWAS Court to deliver judgment in suit filed by former Liberian President, Dr Charles Taylor over his unpaid pension and other benefits on Friday. On the panel for the case are Justices Dupe Atoki, Mohamed Sengu Koroma and Ricardo Claudio Monteiro Goncalves. Justice Atoki would, however, be presiding. In his...
A man, Ali Abubakar, who was dragged to a Shari’a court sitting in Kaduna by his wife, Ajinomo Ohunenene-Ummi on Wednesday was absent owing to lack of transport fare to the court. Abubakar had sent word throught the court messenger, Tajuddeen Saidu that he would not be available for...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), for clogging the wheel of progress in the prosecution of his petition. Atiku told the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja that inspite of paying...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja, opposed the appearance of subpoenaed witnesses of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) to testify. The respondents appeared unsettled when the petitioners called the first subpoenaed witness...
A private Nigerian Airline, Air Peace Ltd, has sued the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged disruption of its operations by the unions and its officers. The airline is asking the court to award...
Edo High Court on Tuesday sentenced 19 persons to prison for engaging in internet fraud popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo”. The convicts in separate judgements by Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and Mary Itsueli in Benin, were found guilty of the charges levelled against them. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head,...
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday in Abuja admitted forms for the collation of presidential election results in 17 states as exhibits in a petition filed against the election of President Bola Tinubu. The petitioners, Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the Feb....
The Appeal court on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the former governor of Jigawa , Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no -case -submission. Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to appear before it on July 19 over a 53 million dollar-judgment debt arising from the Pars Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order during the hearing of a suit...
A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, has dissolved a 14-year-old ‘loveless marriage” between a businesswoman, Rahinat Ahmed and her former husband, Abdulhakim Aliyu. The Judge, Malam Ibrahim Rufai dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Law, following Ahmed’s prayer for divorce on grounds of lack of love. Rufai...
Hearing of the petition of Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party continued on Monday at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) with the petitioners tendering more documents in evidence. Mr Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, who conducted the proceedings for the petitioners tendered Form EC8A from eights states. The documents...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it will appeal against the Federal High Court judgment, which acquitted a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye, of N2 billion fraud. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known on Monday in Abuja, while...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a frivolous suit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho,...
A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Hamza on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that he signed the election results of Nasarawa State under duress. The witness said this at the continuation of hearing of petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and his Party PDP....
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has warned those sending him private messages in the N5 billion suit filed by the EFCC against Sen. Stella Oduah and others to desist from intruding into his privacy. Justice Ekwo gave the warning on Monday during the hearing of...
The Lagos State Government on Monday filed a 12-count charge before a Lagos High Court, against an Interior designer, Ehizogie Ogbebor, for alleged failure to pay tax returns. The state, through its prosecution counsel, Mr A. I. Alli, said that the defendant, who is also an Instagram celebrity, had...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) from detaining Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. Justice Donatus Okorowo, who gave the order in a...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, discharged and acquitted former Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye of the N190 million fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the prosecution...