BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A presiding Magistrate, Mariya Haruna Dogon Daji has adjourned till June 15 for continuation of hearing on a case of child abandonment brought before her against one Jamilu Musa, who is a lecturer with the Department of Science and Laboratory, Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic,...
Judiciary
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday granted permission to the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain Alfred Fowler-Alfred for 60 days. The 60-day detention is to enable the DSS to conduct a thorough investigation bordering on alleged acts of terrorism leveled against the suspect. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon...
A Libyan returnee told a Federal High Court in Ibadan that she was enslaved in Libya a commercial sex worker. The woman, made this known while testifying before Justice Uche Agomoh, in a case of alleged human trafficking instituted by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in...
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 33-year-old man, Baderinwa Waheed, who allegedly stole an N-Power beneficiary’s five months stipend. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is charged with forgery, stealing and fraud. According to the prosecutor, Mr Olaolu Olayinka, the defendant committed the...
An Upper Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday permitted a landlord, Mr Bakinde AbdulWaheed, to break open and change the locks on his tenant’s apartments door over his disappearance for three years. The presiding Judge, Mr Moshood Ajibade, gave the order after AbdulWaheed, reported that his tenant disappeared for...
A 62-year-old retired banker, Mr Kazeem Ogidan on Wednesday sought the dissolution of his 36-year-old marriage to wife, Risikat in an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos. In his petition, Ogidan, accused his wife of beating him. Ogidan, who resides in Lowcost Estate in Ikorodu, begged the court to grant...
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he has been a fan of Liverpool Football Club from childhood. Kanu, who disclosed this when Justice Binta Nyako jokingly asked him his favourite football team, said Liverpool F.C....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to admit Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that since Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court must first determine the...
The Federal Government is set to re-arraign the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on an amended six-count of treasonable felony. The amendment came on a day the trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako fixed to hear an application Kanu filed to be released on...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Thursday, rejected the prayer by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join a suit filed by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over his presidential bid in the forthcoming 2023 elections....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, re-arraigned, Haruna Jauro, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), before a Federal High Court Lagos over alleged N156.4 million money laundering. The defendant was arraigned alongside one Dauda Bawa and Thlumbau Enterprises Ltd., on...
Three aspirants have sued the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over threats to disqualify them from participating in the 2023 general election. The aspirants-Mr Sodique Abubakar, Mr Sodique Lawal Abubakar and Mr Bindir Buba are praying the Federal High Court, Abuja to stop...
An Indian couple are dragging their son to court seeking that he and his wife give birth to their grandchild within a year or pay the sum of $650,000. The parents, identified as Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad said they are exhausted their savings raising and educating their pilot son...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, re-arraigned two former staff of First Marina Trust Ltd., in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged Identity theft and Cyber Crime. The EFCC charged Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf with for counts bordering on conspiracy to commit identity...
The Court of Appeal Abuja Division has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The judgment followed an appeal marked: CA/OW/87/2022, which was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is even...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami preventing him from his Presidential Ambition. The CBN Governor on Monday...
Ibrahim Ahmed, an investigator with the EFCC on Monday said Aliyu Abubakar, the 2nd defendant in the trial of former former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, voluntarily made statements to the anti-graft Agency. Ahmed, who was the 1st prosecution witness (PW1) in the trial-within-trial of the money...
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka on Thursday fixed the hearing on a suit seeking the sack of Mrs Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Chief Kingsley Nnalue, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Suit No. FHC/AWK/CS/38/2022 is asking the...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 10, for a hearing in a suit seeking to stop the planned May 28, Presidential Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a presidential aspirant, Mr Cosmas Ndukwe, filed an ex-parte application...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N20 million to Philips Fatuyi, the Chairman of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), charged with N43 million oil fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada granted the bail following a prayer by defence counsel, Mr...