The Gombe State Government has reacted to the Federal High Court’s judgment on Tuesday that dismissed the forgery allegation by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Muhammed Barde, against Gov Inuwa Yahaya, the APC and INEC. In a statement by Alhaji Shuaibu-Gara, Special Adviser on Strategy and Information Management...
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Mr JImoh Olabisi, former Deputy Director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, alleged that Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, ex-JAMB Registrar, instructed him to open a bank account through which the Federal Government’s money was diverted. Olabisi, who stood as a witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out two separate suits filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, struck out the suits for lack of diligent prosecution. Upon resumed hearing...
The money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others, was on Wednesday, stalled before a Federal High Court in Lagos, following absence of Prosecution and Defence Counsel. The case which was initially fixed for continuation of trial could not proceed as the prosecution and...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Gov. Inuwa Yahaya as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Gombe State governorship election. The party alongside Mr Muhammed Barde and Mr Timothy Danlele...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has dismissed a suit by a Lagos resident, Julius Ajibulu, seeking to reverse the Lagos State Government’s restriction of commercial motorcycles (okada) and tricycles (keke) on some of its roads. Justice Akintayo Aluko in his 27-page judgment held that the applicant...
The Osun Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Jan. 27 to deliver judgment in the petition challenging Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the July 16, 2022, governorship election The former governor of Osun, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had challenged the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke...
Edo Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, on Sunday said the suspects of Igueben Train Attack and abduction appeared in court for the extension of exparte order. Nwabuzor’s reaction in Benin, follows speculations and reports that the court has commenced trial of the suspects. According to Nwabuzor,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to DisCos and GenCos...
Prof. Zainab-Duke Abiola, widow of late MKO Abiola has dragged the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Alkali and Insp. Teju Moses to court for alleged defamation. Prof. Abiola, through her counsel, Mr Tawo Tawo, SAN, in her statement of claim, averred that she was framed...
A 26-year-old man, Owolabi Olabisi, has been arrested by detectives of the Family Support Unit, Surulere Police Division, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s eight-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect committed the offence on Jan. 18 at Ojuelegba, Surulere area of Lagos State. It...
The Supreme Court on Friday restored former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godwin Akpabio as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the Apex Court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court...
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) appeal on Kebbi House of Reps candidate nomination. The Apex Court voided and dismissed the nomination of one Kabir Jega whose name was said to have been fraudulently submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the...
A mother of two, Aishat Zakaria, told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan, to dissolve her marriage to husband, Taofeek, on grounds that he maltreats her. The petitioner, in her application for divorce, called her husband a wicked man who forced her to observe ‘marathon fast’ during...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, set aside the Nov. 4, 2022 interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said he had found that the application for forfeiture filed by the Economic and...
Appeal Court, Abuja, has affirmed the candidacy of Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom in the forthcoming general elections. A three-member panel of justices headed by Justice Elfreda Williams – Dawodu, find merit in an appeal filed by Udofia, against...
Asiya Ganduje, a daughter to Kano State Governor, on Thursday, before an Upper Shari’a Court insisted on returning the N50,000 dowry paid by her husband, Inuwa Uba, to end their 16-year-old marriage. The plaintiff was in court seeking the dissolution of her marriage through Islamic means (Khul’i) as she...
A Zuba Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced a 37-year-old trader, Masiru Sadiq to ten years imprisonment for sodomising a nine-year-old boy. Sadiq of Kamkara Zuba, Abuja was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to unnatural offence. He begged the court to forgive him and temper justice with mercy....
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday struck out a suit instituted against the Federal Government challenging alleged uneven distribution of appointments into the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, said the suit was struck out on grounds that the plaintiff, Mrs RitaLori Ogbebor, a...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed April 5, to deliver judgment in the alleged N2 billion fraud charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) against former Head of Service, Mr Stephen Oronsaye. The trial judge Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Wednesday after counsel...