An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday dismissed the post conviction bail application filed by the convicted dethroned Baale of Shangisha Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Hakeem Oshodi had on Sept.27 sentenced the convicts to 15 years imprisonment each...
Judiciary
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) over his alleged Ill-health. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that Maina had not provided any...
A prosecution witness, ASP Olufunke Madeyinlo, on Tuesday testified that Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, wrote her statement voluntarily. Madeyinlo made the statement while testifying as the second prosecution witness in the trial within trial to ascertain whether...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has nullified the All Progressives Congress, (APC) primary election that produced Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate for the 2023 general election. Justice Obiora Egwuatu who delivered the judgment declared that based on submissions made before him by the parties, the purported primary...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator odswill Akpabio, has said he would approach the Supreme Court to seek redress over Appeal Court judgement nullifying his election as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West in 2023 election. Senator Akpabio,...
A Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Seigha Glasgow, has been charged to court for allegedly defrauding one Chief Henry Ojogho to the tune of N105 million. Court documents made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Monday, show that Mr Glasgow in conjunction with Mohammed Alfa through ENENI...
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio...
A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo on Monday, nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries that produced Mr Akanimo Udofia as Akwa Ibom candidate of the party for 2023 general election. The Presiding Judge, Justice Agatha Okeke, in her judgement, ordered that a fresh primary election be...
A banker, Mrs Justine Ojo, on Monday dragged her husband Eneku before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi Abuja, for allegedly squandering their house rent. Justine, who resides in Nyanya, Abuja, made the allegation in a divorce petition she filed against her husband. “Since we got married we have been...
A child right activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50 million as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ojo-Lanre, had on Oct. 27 filed...
The Federal High Court in Uyo has dismissed the case of forgery against the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno. The case was dismissed for lack of merit. An ex-aspirant for the governorship ticket, Akan Okon, had sued Eno for alleged...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, declared former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah, as the duly elected governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgement, upheld the direct primary election that produced Ogah as...
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has no hand in the nullification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. The News Agency...
Mr Muhammed Kuchazi, a Commercial Director of the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) has been listed to give evidence in a UK court between Jan. 23 and March 11. Kuchazi is being prosecuted alongside his company, Kore Holdings Limited on an eight-count charge bordering on failure to comply with...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by...
A businessman, Mr Justine Onu, on Thursday, urged a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Joyce, alleging that she is wasteful and extravagant. The petitioner told the court that his wife does not know how to manage things in the house. “My wife...
A Kaduna State High court on Wednesday confirmed Alhaji Yusha’u Ibrahim of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), as the elected Chairman of Birnin Gwari Local Government in Kaduna State. Justice Binta Zubair, who delivered the ruling, dismissed the application by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIEC) asking it...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential candidate and his vice, Kashim Shettima, have asked a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s suit against them for being incompetent. Tinubu and Shettima told Justice Inyang Ekwo in two motions on notice: FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/22 and...
About ten months after he was removed as non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja with a suit seeking an order reinstating and restoring him forthwith with all the appurtenant...