Benin Customary Court in Okada, Edo State, has declared the position of Odionwere (head of village) of Ikpako village vacant due to allegations of sacrilege and corruption against the incumbent, Mr. James Ailegboze. The court’s ruling followed a suit instituted by the elders of Ikpako village, who sought a...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has discontinued the criminal case against the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, citing a commitment to upholding justice and fairness. According to the AGF’s Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled July 10 for judgment in a N500 million suit filed by vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, against Minister Nyesom Wike. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after counsel to the plaintiff, Adamu Mahmud, and the defence lawyers,...
The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has threatened to file contempt charges against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for allegedly refusing to recognize Chief Edozie Njoku as its national chairman. Njoku stated that INEC’s refusal to acknowledge his leadership is in disobedience to a court judgment....
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to settle Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators’ matters through a national committee of arbitration. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Mr Mohammed Ndarani, a Grand Patron of One Nation for Asiwaju Support Group, made the call at a press conference on...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of 11 cattle rearers at the Correctional Centre in Makurdi over allegations of terrorizing Benue communities. The defendants, residents of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue, face charges including criminal conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms, acts of terrorism, open grazing,...
by JOY ADARA , Abuja- The Department of State Service (DSS) is not interested in arresting anyone over the shadow government being proposed by a group led by the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Prof. Patrick Okedinachi Utomi, the agency’s lead counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN),...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a 990 trillion pounds suit filed by a claimant, Mr Tunde Omosebi, against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for being incomprehensible. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, also held that the suit filed by Omosebi to seek redress over...
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday, filed a fresh application against Prof. Pat Utomi at the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged plans to hold rallies in relation to the subject of a suit pending against him. The DSS, in the application filed through its...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday suspended its strike which started on Monday. JUSUN announced the suspension in a commiunque issued after its meetings with the representatives of the Chief Judge of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. The commiunque signed by all shareholders present, said this...
The industrial action embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Tuesday, entered day two. JUSUN’s national body, In a circular on Friday, had directed all its members to withdraw their services, beginning from Monday until further notice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos High Court has ordered the Chairman of Surulere Local Government, Hon. Sulaiman Bamidele Yusuf, to appear before it on June 30, 2025, to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt of court. This follows the local government’s unlawful demolition of the...
The strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday paralysed activities at the Court of Appeal, FCT High Courts in Maitama, Wuse Zone II, Garki and Nyanya. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some of the courts in some state capitals reports...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the increasing rate of scavengers, beggars and homeless people in FCT is posing serious security threat to residents. Wike, in a counter affidavit filed in opposition to the case instituted...
A mother of six, Latinate Sanusi on Monday told a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna that she can’t leave her former husband’s house after three pronouncement of divorce. Sanusi stated this in response to Abdulrazak Yunusa’ s prayer to confirm the three pronouncement of divorce he made to...
A businessman, Abdulrazak Yunusa on Monday dragged his former wife, Latifat Sanusi before a to Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna state, alleging that she is threatening to kill him. The counsel to Yunusa , Faham Ahmad told the court that she threatened to stab him. “Sometimes she...
The Management of BUA Group, has challenged Ms Hadiza Bala Usman to specify clause violated by the group to warrant termination of their port concession agreement with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Usman is the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Coordination, and one time Managing Director...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over what it describes as a failure to account for N500 billion in oil revenue allegedly not remitted to the Federation Account between October and December...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sued a former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for allegedly stealing and unlawfully acquiring 753 housing units located at Plot 109, Cadastral Zone C09, Lokongoma District, Abuja. In the eight new counts filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital...