A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, has sentenced the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mr Usman Baba, to a three-month imprisonment over alleged refusal to obey a sister court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired back to work. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling...
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The Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday restored Rep. Oladipupo Adebutu as the validly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun. The appellate court also reinstated the three senatorial, nine House of Representatives and 26 House of Assembly candidates of PDP, who all emerged...
A Minna Magistrate Court II has remanded in correctional Centre, Danjuma Ibeto and Garba Abdullahi, for criminal conspiracy, forgery, defamation of character and falsehood contrary to sections 97, 393, 392 and 364 of the penal code. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused were arraigned on...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State which held that the President of the senate Ahmad Lawan,...
An unemployed man, Samuel Dung has appeared before the Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for allegedly swindling a village chief and 99 others. Dung, 36, who lives in Phase 1 Extension, Jikwoyi, Karu is facing one count charge of cheating. He is accused of swindling the Chief of...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is a Judicial officer and not a politician, as such, will never directly or remotely make political comments or innuendoes. This is contained in a statement issued by Dr Festus Akande, the Supreme Court Director of Press and Information on...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has awarded fine against Mr Kola Abiola, the presidential candidate, People’s Redemption Party (PRP), over failure to file his court documents within time. Justice Fadima Aminu, in a ruling, also fined the PRP over its delay in filing its counter affidavit in opposition...
The Federal High Court Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Amarachi Iwuanyanwu, following his alleged involvement in a N785 million fraud. In a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Judiciary has called for better welfare package for judicial officers in the country. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele said this at the 2023 budget defence of the National Judicial Council (NJC) in Abuja on Friday. He said that poor welfare...
A Federal High Court in Osun , on Friday, nullified the State Local Governments Election conducted by Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The Presiding Judge , Justice Ayo-Nathaniel Emmanuel, held that the election conducted by OSIEC on Oct. 15, was illegal , null and void , having not conducted...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, adjourned an application filed by former Governor of Imo, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, until Feb. 6 for ruling. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against Okorocha’s preliminary objection. The...
Two men were on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for alleged abuse of a corpse. The police charged Isa Abdulkadir, 39 and Daniel Emmanuel, 38 with conspiracy and misconduct with regard to a corpse. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendants...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the arrest of one of the alleged brains behind the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd’s alleged 9.6 billion dollars scandal, Corrado Fantoli. Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the order while delivering a ruling in the ex-parte motion moved by the Economic...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the removal of Rep Chris Azubuogu as the 2023 Anambra South Senatorial District candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, directed the party to, forthwith, submit the name of the plaintiff, Ben Nwankwo, to...
The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the conviction of Faisal, the son of the jailed former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, for conspiracy and money laundering. In addition, a three-member panel of the appellate court reduced his term of imprisonment from 14...
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, withdrew a suit filed at a Federal High Court, Abuja to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days after his arrest. DSS’ counsel, A.M. Danlami, told Justice Nkeonye Maha shortly after the matter was called for hearing....
JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The governors of Delta and Ebonyi state are to answer contempt of court charges before the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, over their alleged refusal to pay judgment creditors/applicants a total sum of N54.30 billion and USD139.55 million. Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola has set aside the High Court rulings nullifying the primaries that produced Emmanuel Bwacha and Aishatu Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates for Taraba and Adamawa states respectively. The court on Thursday ordered that their names should be forwarded...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Thursday, fixed Dec. 1 for judgment in a suit filed by Mr Jimi Lawal, an aggrieved governorship aspirant in the May 25 Ogun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties adopted their...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a case filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) seeking to nullify the candidature of Bola Tinubu as 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bayo Onanuga,Director of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this...