A businesswoman, Rashida Yusuf, on Friday begged an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve her marriage to husband for not ready to father a child. Rashida said that she married her husband, Mohammed Lawal, under Islamic Law and Customs in Aug. 30, 2020 and that the...
Judiciary
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday convicted one Basheeru Seyi, a student of Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin for offences bordering on internet fraud. The Presiding Judge, Justice Adebayo Yusuf, in his judgment, sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment with N200,000 as option of fine. Yusuf also...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, retrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from confiscating six property traced to Zamfara Governor, Bello Matawalle. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, hinged the order on Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution which grants absolute immunity to serving governors from...
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola on Friday nullified the Adamawa governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) which produced Sen. Aishatu Binani, as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for 2023 election. Ruling on the case filed by Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the court declared Binani’s candidature null and...
The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has fixed Oct. 26 for hearing of the petition filed by Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the declaration of Sen. Ademola Adeleke (PDP), as the governor-elect. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume, fixed the date...
A Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa on Thursday struck out a N36 billion corruption case against the former governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Saminu Turaki. Delivering a ruling, Justice Hassan Dikko, struck out the case for want in diligent prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges bordering, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 30 for judgment in a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah, seeking an order invalidating her nomination as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra. Oduah is contesting for the Anambra North Senatorial District for the 2023 election, seat at the National...
A neighbour of the late gospel singer Osinachi, Grace Nnaji on Thursday told an FCT Court in Abuja, that the singer on several occasions begged her not to report her husband, Peter Nwachukwu’s abuse. Nnaji, who is also a tailor, told the court that she met the singer when...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed March 7, 2023 to hear an application filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kani is seeking to be joined in the appeal challenging the proscription of the group by the Federal Government. Kanu had...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Oct. 21 for judgment in an appeal filed by Mr David Edevbie, Delta governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election. Edevbie is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared...
. The Attorney-General of the Federation(AGF), Abubakar Malami, has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) approval to prosecute former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, and others on alleged N5 billion fraud. Prosecuting counsel, Hassan Liman, SAN, on Wednesday, informed Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court,...
Two employees of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, on Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, verbally and physically abused her. Mr Adetunji Moses, a former Personal Assistant to Osinachi while giving his testimony led by the prosecution counsel, Yewande Gbola-...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed Nov. 8 for hearing a suit challenging the emergence of Kola Abiola as the People’s Redemption Party (PRP)’s presidential candidate. Justice Ahmed fixed the date after a consensus agreement by counsel for the parties in the suit. The News Agency of...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has said that about 10 witnesses would testify in a suit filed against Prof. Obiajulu Obikeze and four others over allegations bordering on forgery of chieftaincy documents. Counsel for the AGF, Ewere Aliemeke, made this known on Friday before Justice Inyang...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Nov. 15 for judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Yusuf Yusuf seeking the nullification of the Taraba All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on May 26. Yusuf, a senator representing Taraba Central, who was also a governorship aspirant in the...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has appealed the Federal High Court’s judgment that nullified his nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ismail Omipidan,...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 35-year-old man, Monday Endurance, to Kirikiri Correctional Center for allegedly impregnating his teenage step daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi did not take the plea of the defendant, but ordered that the case file be forwarded to Lagos...
The Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal has fixed Oct. 13 for the hearing of all preliminary motions arising from a petition filed by Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oyetola filed the petition to contest the declaration of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
A Lagos High Court on Tuesday heard an audio recording of a phone conversation between Chidinma Ojukwu and Abubakar Mohammed, a security guard at the apartment where Mr Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, was allegedly murdered. Ojukwu is standing trial for Ataga’s murder before a...