An Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a 20-year-old man, Jelili Isiaka, to 18 months imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle valued at N700,000. Isiaka was arraigned by the police before Magistrate L.K.J Layeni, on a three-counts charge of conspiracy, stealing and breach of peace. He...
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A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Wednesday, shifted the trial of Mrs Chioma Okoli, charged with allegations bordering on her online commentary on Erisco Foods Limited’s tomato paste, to Feb. 10, 2025. The matter, which was scheduled for hearing, could not proceed due to the FHC New...
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded a lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged defamation of legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN). The defendant, who was arraigned on a 16-count charge by the police, pleaded not guilty to all the offences. Ruling on the bail application by Mr Dayo Akeredolu,...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday admitted as evidence the iPhone of the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) charged with six billion naira money laundering. Mustapha, still at large, is standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd., on eight counts bordering on money laundering....
Microsoft is facing a 1 billion Euros ($1.27 billion) legal action from UK businesses over claims it overcharged firms for access to products. The claim filed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleges customers using rival cloud computing platforms to Microsoft’s own Azure were charged higher licensing fees to access...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (a.k.a Bobrisky) alleging breach of his rights by the Commission and seeking N200million damages. In...
50 alleged IPOB members discharged and acquitted by Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court on Friday in Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, admitted at least 109 foreigners, charged over allegations bordering on cybercrime, to a N1 billion bail with fiver suites. Justice Ekerete Akpan, who granted them bail, directed that the five sureties must have a landed property worth N200, 000 million each....
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, turned down the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to arraign ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi in the absence of his lawyers. Justuce Emeka Nwite while delivering a ruling on the oral application by the EFCC’s counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN,...
Former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, on Thursday told an Abuja High Court that the amendment of the charge by the EFCC in his ongoing trial was an overreach. Agunloye is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the suit, marked FCT/HC/CR/617/2023, on a seven-count....
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of a 52-year-old man, Taiwo Olaniyan, in Agodi correctional facility for allegedly causing the death of his unborn child. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who did not take the defendant’s plea for lack of jurisdiction,...
A Makurdi High Court has ordered the reinstatement of Mr Austin Agada and other elected executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue chapter, whose tenures were terminated by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The presiding judge, Justice Tertsegha Kume, gave the order on Thursday in his verdict...
An Abuja High Court, on Wednesday fixed Dec. 10 for ruling in the bail application filed by former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello of Kogi and two others. Justice Maryann Anenih fixed the date after counsel for the prosecution, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, and the defence, Joseph Daudu, SAN, presented...
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, reserved ruling in a suit filed by the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others from withholding Kano Local Government allocations. The applicant’s are Chairman of NULGE, Ibrahim Muhd, Ibrahim Uba Shehu, Ibrahim...
The immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and his co-defendants on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charge filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former governor, who is the 1st defendant, denied the allegations before Justice Maryann Anenih of Abuja High Court...
Former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, billed to be arraigned at the FCT High Court, on Wednesday, took over crowd control of the court room when Justice Maryann Anenih walked out. Justice Anenih, who came in to take the plea of the former governor and his co-defendants, rose abruptly...
Six men linked to France midfielder Paul Pogba, including one of his brothers, went on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of blackmail, attempted extortion of millions of euros and holding the player at gunpoint. The case at the Paris criminal court has shocked the French football world —...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the fundamental right enforcement suit filed by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik struck out the matter after counsel who appeared for Sanwo-Olu, Gbenga Femi Akande, moved the...
The Appeal Court in Abuja has fixed April 9, 2025, to hear appeal filed by the Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd against Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd over the dispute on the OPL (Oil Prospecting License) 245. A three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Okon Abang, adjourned the case...
The absence of Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, stalled a N50 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the matter, which was...