The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Friday, arraign a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, before a Federal High Court, Abuja. Shasore, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered, will be arraigned alongside a company, Middlesex Investments Ltd., before Justice...
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A former employee of Wema Bank, Akinyele Ogunpola,40, was on Thursday docked in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abeokuta, for allegedly stealing N70million from his employer. The defendant, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offence...
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), say Abdulrasheed Maina is feigning ailments to aid his escape from lawful custody. The minister and the C-G made the allegation in their joint counter affidavit in opposition to Maina’s originating motion...
High Court in Kaduna, on Wednesday nullified the primary election conducted by the PDP for Kaduna Central Senatorial District due to irregularities. Delivering the judgment, Justice Muhammed Umar ordered the PDP to conduct fresh primary within 14 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that one of the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – A Senior Magistrate Court sitting at Uke in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has issued an arrest warrant against the Commissioner for Works and Rural Development Engr. Idris Mohammed, for failure to appear before the court on the 31st of October, 2022....
A head of internal audit in First Bank, Mr Chris Owai, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how two former staff of the bank, Stella Oyeluyi and Noel Benjamin allegedly falsified the account number of Chevron Cooperative by debiting N41.5 million to pay debt to another bank...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, on Wednesday nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Nasarawa West Senatorial zone which earlier declared Arc. Shehu Tukur, as the candidate of the party. Delivering the judgement, the presiding Judge, Justice Nehezina Afolabi, who...
The Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria has constituted a special task force of judges to swiftly hear and determine all pre-election cases before it. The FHC made this known on Wednesday in a statement by its Assistant Director of Information, Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, in Abuja. According to Oby-Christopher,...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, has fixed Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the formal arraignment of the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and nine other suspects in an alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. The arraignment by Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, a...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Musa Hamza, a resident of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court number 10 sitting in the state for killing his friend. The presiding Judge, Justice Faruq Sarki, found the man guilty that...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Alkali Usman, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has no pending criminal matter with the Police. IGP Usman also told the court that Tinubu had no pending petition and...
The Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday admitted the documentary evidence tendered by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, against the declaration of Sen. Ademola Adeleke as the Governor-elect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Gov. Oyetola and APC had on Aug. 5 submitted a petition before the tribunal...
The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal ruled on Monday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) should tender some documentary evidence on Tuesday challenging the result of the July 16 governorship election in the state. INEC declared Sen. Ademola Oyeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of...
A businessman, Mr Justine Onu on Monday, urged a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Joyce, alleging that he caught her having sexual intercourse with his cousin. The petitioner told the court that his wife was very promiscuous and he was tired of...
An Ado- Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 42 -year -old Adewale Ilesanmi to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Isan Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti. The police arraigned Ilesanmi, who on Dec.16, 2021. Delivering judgment, Justice Monisola Abodunde, held that the crime of rape...
A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Monday ordered a housewife, Maryam Dahiru to return N100,000 dowry and the suitcases of clothes she received from her ex- husband Salihu Yakubu. Delivering a ruling, the judge, Malam Rilwanu Kyaudai, confirmed the divorce between the couple through Khul’i (divorce by...
The absence of a business mogul, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, in court on Monday stalled his arraignment for alleged 1.30 million dollars fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a criminal conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of 1.3 million dollars charged against Abdulkarim-Zaura. The...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has admonished politicians to allow the judiciary to perform its function without distractions. A statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan, by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, quotes Ariwoola has saying this on...
An Abuja based Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Adamson Adeboro, Sunday condemned the practice of law by fake lawyers and urged the public to report perpetrators. Adeboro spoke during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He condemned some persons who go about to...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, stopped the execution of its judgment that quashed the terrorism charge and ordered the release of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appellate court had on Oct....