A Makurdi Upper Area Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Ochoechi Adakole, to six months imprisonment for stealing money and wedding gifts. Magistrate Dooshima Ikpambese, delivering her judgment, held that the convict showed remorse over his action and pleaded for mercy. Ikpambese sentenced him with an option of N10,...
Judiciary
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagaba Zulum has sworn in five new state high court judges towards accelerating the effective ligation and dispensation of justice in the state judiciary. While presiding over the swearing ceremony at the Government House Council Chamber Maiduguri, the governor said as...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday adjourned until May 19 to deliver judgment in the suit between the Federal Government and some dissatisfied pensioners. Defendants in the suit are: the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Minister of Labour and Employment, Minister of Finance, Budget and National...
The legal team of Labour Party (LP) candidate for March 18 Governorship election in Lagos State, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said its client remains the party’s authentic flag-bearer in the state. Mr Olagbade Benson, the Lead Counsel to Rhodes-Vivour, told newsmen on Monday in Lagos that three court cases...
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja to declared Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun unqualified to have contested the July 16, 2022 poll in which he emerged as winner over alleged certificate forgery. Oyetola, whose candidacy in the poll...
The National Industrial Court on Monday adjourned until April 24 for further report of settlement between Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and 110 of its dismissed employees. .When the matter slated for further report of settlement before Justice Rakiya Haasteup came up, the claimants’ counsel, Mr Femi Adedeji informed...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to...
The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Bauchi, on Saturday, granted leave to Garba Dahiru of the PDP, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election in the state. Dahiru contested and lost the...
Wakili Kabiru-Muhammad, Nasarawa West Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections has dragged INEC to the election tribunal over omission of the party’s logo. Speaking to newsmen shortly after filing his petition on Saturday in Lafia, Kabiru-Muhammad said...
A High Court 1 in Abakaliki, has restrained the Nigerian Police Force from arresting Prof Benard Odoh, Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the murder of Umuezeokoha Traditional Ruler, Igboke Ewa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the deceased, from Omege Village, Umuezeokaoha...
The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Bauchi on Friday granted leave to Kani Faggo of the APC, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election. Faggo contested and lost the Shira/Giade Federal Constituency...
A Grade I Area Court, Dei-dei, Abuja, on Friday remanded a 24-year old man, Micheal Okoye in a correctional centre for allegedly threatening to kill his siblings. The police charged Okoye with mischief and criminal intimidation. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Babajide Olanipekun told the court that the matter was...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Rufai Hanga as Senator-elect for Kano Central Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). In the Judgment prepared by Justice Uwani Aba-Aji but delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the court held that the INEC’s appeal lacked merit and...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to list Mr Akanimo Udofia as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship election in Akwa Ibom. Justice James Omotosho gave the order on Thursday in Abuja following an application by Udofia asking...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The International Director, National Association of Women Judges in Nigeria (NAWJN), Hon Justice Roli Harriman has called on women Judges to intensify efforts in promoting active participation of women at the judiciary levels. Hon. Justice Hartman made the call in a statement made available...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two...
A Chinese National, Mr Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, on Thursday, again told a Kano High Court that he never intended to kill his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The defendant, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is charged with culpable homicide. Frank, led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Muhammad...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic method in transmitting 2023 election results. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that Section 52(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, cited...
A Constitutional Lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has said that any attempt by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disobey the Supreme Court judgment on the legality of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 will amount to a treasonable felony. Ajulo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha the Taraba governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Federal High Court Judgement which affirmed him as the party’s authentic candidate is a sign of victory at the poll. Mr Aaron Artimas, the spokesperson for Bwacha Governorship Campaign Council, said this when he...