By JOY ADARA , Abuja- A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered service of court documents on the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (also known as Prof. Pat Utomi) in relation to a suit pending against over his announced plan to...
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The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has continued on Wednesday with Justice James Omotosho sounding a note of warning to a member of his defence team, Aloy Ejimakor, for illegally live-streaming court proceedings and documents on social media. The court also...
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday awarded N200,000 in costs and dismissed preliminary objections filed by Instagram celebrity, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin Falana (Falz), had filed a N1 billion defamation suit against VDM. Falana...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday dismissed a N50 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Philip Shaibu, former Deputy Governor of Edo, against ex-Gov. Godwin Obaseki and others. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, dismissed the suit following an application to withdraw the suit by Anita...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, fixed May 26 to hear a suit filed by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS’) Plc against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others NIBSS, in the suit, is seeking an order to prevent any institution from challenging its statutory...
The trial of the ex-Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, charged with defrauding Arik Air was stalled due to his counsel, Mr Olasupo Shasore’s absence. Kuru and four others are facing charges of N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud, respectively. The other defendants...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Adeboro Adamson, has commended the Department of State Security (DSS) for challenging the legality of the shadow government proposed by a former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi. Adamson said the DSS was civil and acted within the confines of its mandate. On his...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos – The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, May 16, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Peter Obumuneme Okoye,( a.k.a Mr P) against Jude Chigozie Okoye, elder brother and former Manager of Paul and Peter...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Ohaukwu Judicial Division has sentenced four men, including Uchenna Odono, the younger brother of the Executive Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Ikechukwu Odono, to death by hanging for the murder of a 26-year-old...
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, threatened to strike out the case against the alleged masterminds of the 2014 Nyanya bombing. Justice Peter Lifu made the threat following the absence of the prosecuting counsel in court for the umpteenth time. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to release a Nigerian businessman, Moses Abiodun, who has been in detention since 2009 without trial. The court on Thursday, also ordered the Nigerian Government to pay N20 million compensation to the victim...
The Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, on Thursday, re-arraigned controversial social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly called VeryDarkMan (VDM), for allegedly cyberbullying actresses Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh. VDM was also alleged to have cyberbullied famous Nigerian producer and singer, Samuel Oguachuba, also known as Samklef, among others. He was...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has sued Prof. Pat Utomi over his alleged plan to establish what he called, “a shadow government” in the country. The DSS, in a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, prayed the court to declare the move as an attack...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and lead defence lawyer in the terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Kanu Agabi (SAN), has denied a report that officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) Monday in Abuja...
The Federal High Court Abuja has admitted the medical report and death certificate of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, as evidence in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is facing terrorism-related charges. Justice James Omotoso, who presided...
Mr Tunde Omosebi has filed a 990 trillion pounds suit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, and co-defendants over allegations bordering on breach of his fundamental human rights. Omosebi, who referred to himself as “His Majesty,” a businessman and a politician in the suit...
A Kano State High Court has dismissed the application filed by the former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear their case of alleged bribery and misappropriation. NAN reports that the Kano State Government instituted an 11-count charge bordering on bribery,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed June 27 to deliver judgment in the contempt claims filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the suit filed by the embattled lawmaker. Justice Binta Nyako would also deliver a judgment on the preliminary objection...