An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Friday adjourned further hearing in the murder case against Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife and six other defendants. Adedoyin and others are standing trial before the court over an alleged murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi...
Judiciary
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar has reaffirmed the ruling of the Federal High Court Calabar, which declared Senator Bassey Edet Otu, as the authentic candidate of the All progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River state. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Calabar,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Jan. 25 for ruling on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu’s application, seeking an order setting aside the Nov. 4 interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on...
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday restrained the Commissioner of Police from meddling in the affairs of the suspended chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti- Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado. Delivering judgment, Justice Oyejoju Oyewumi, also ordered the state government to pay Rimin-Gado his entitlements of N326,508.07....
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old man, Olalekan Rasaq, in a correction centre for allegedly causing his nephew’s death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa -Babalola, who did not take plea of the suspect due to lack of jurisdiction ordered that he...
After one and half year legal tussle, an Ilorin High Court on Tuesday sentenced killers of Olajide Blessing Omowumi, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin, to death by hanging. The deceased, who would had turned 26 years this year, was raped and murdered in a merciless...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against Sen. Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgement, held that the suit instituted by AA was statute barred, having not been...
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, (CCPT) has fixed Jan. 26, 2023 for hearing in a suit instituted by Mr Festus Onifade against Multichoice Nigeria Limited and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC). When the matter was called on Tuesday, Onifade told the tribunal that he had an...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, on Monday, called on judges in the country to discharge their responsibilities with the fear of God ahead of the 2023 general elections. Justice Tsoho gave the advice while fielding questions from the News Agency of...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki has again nullified the Ebonyi Local Government Elections and sacked all the 13 Council chairmen in the state. The court also sacked all the councilors and 171 ward chairmen of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the court...
The Federal High Court in Jos on Friday affirmed the candidacy of Dr Patrick Dakum as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the party had been in crisis following the emergence of two governorship candidates – Yohanna...
The Body of Benchers (BOB) has faulted the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)’s use of social media platform in forwarding sensitive official documents meant for in-house communication among members of the body. The body stated this in a statement by its Secretary, Daniel Tela, issued in Abuja to explained its...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that his administration would soon begin to sign the death sentence verdicts in the state. The governor stated this while signing the Violence Against Persons and a bill for the establishment of the Bauchi state penal code, 2022, into law in Bauchi...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged a Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Solomon Ogodo, to the dock over allegations bordering on forgery, employment racketeering and fraud. This is contained in a statement signed...
The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja declared Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere as the candidate of the PDP for Ideato North and South Constituency of Imo in the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered by a panel of five justices and read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted two friends, Michael Isaac and Oluwaseyi Samuel, charged with defiling and trafficking an 11-year- old girl. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had failed to establish the ingredients of each of the three-count charge, bordering...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that six men be remanded in a correction centre for alleged kidnapping of Former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), University of Ibadan, Prof Adigun Agbaje. The police charged Ibrahim Mohammadu, 25; Jubril Adamu, 25; Mohammadu Abdullahi, 25; Ahmed Mohammadu,...
Retired Justice Olufunlola Adekeye of the Supreme Court says rule of law is the bedrock of every democratic society. Adekeye made this known in Abuja at a-two-day forum organised by the National Human Rights (NHRC) for the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on civil liberties and rule of law. “It...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia as a judge of the Federal High Court (FHC). This was made known in a circular issued by the Chief Judge of FHC, Justice John Tsoho, on Dec. 5 notifying judges of the court about...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State presided over by Justice Turaki Mohammed has dismissed a suit brought against the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In its suit, the PDP had prayed the court to nullify the candidacy of all the...